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HIPAA
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Professional Negligence
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
malpractice
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
2. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
Covered entities
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
3. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Transaction
Code sets
located in a secured and private space
4. Unlawful act done without permission.
State preemption
Malfeasance
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Every office should have one! - responsible for making surethat thise office is HIPAA compliant - privacy officer should be.. an effective communicator with ability to answer questions about sespected HIPPA violations and complaints
5. Slander
Minimum necessary
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
Individually Identifiable Health Information
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
6. Statutory
U.S. goverment
Permission
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
7. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
substance abuse treatment
Electronic transmission
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
8. In order for a fax document to be HIPAA compliant...
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9. Statue of limitations
Verification
Every office should have one! - responsible for making surethat thise office is HIPAA compliant - privacy officer should be.. an effective communicator with ability to answer questions about sespected HIPPA violations and complaints
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
10. Misfeasance
Portability
Health Information
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Verification
11. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
Portability
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
12. Doctor release of patient
Patient Identifiable Information
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Every office should have one! - responsible for making surethat thise office is HIPAA compliant - privacy officer should be.. an effective communicator with ability to answer questions about sespected HIPPA violations and complaints
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
13. Implied contract
Notice of Privacy Practices
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
14. Data must be backed up at ___________ and those back-up files should be stored ________.
De-Identified Information
Patient Identifiable Information
regular - in a secure location
Individually Identifiable Health Information
15. Libel
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
false and malicious writing about another
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
16. Who regulates HIPAA?
U.S. goverment
Examples of PHI
Code sets
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
17. See & Copy their health records - update health records - obtain a list of the institution's disclosures - other than for payment & healthcare operations - request a restriction on a certain uses or disclosures - choose how to receive their health in
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
Patient rights under HIPAA
Security
Health Information
18. Medical records used for health care research
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19. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
Limited data set
security rule
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
20. NPP
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
h/c workers --qualified people of organizations(perf. data processinf or transcript) -certain gov. auth. (pub health activities) -appropriate auth(protect vic. of abuse) -law enforcement officials or judicial orders
Notice of Privacy Practices
21. The person recieving treatment
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Covered entities
Patient
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
22. Battery
illegal touching of another person
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
need to know
Permission
23. Negligence
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Verification
Electronic Protected Health Information
24. Includes records maintained by or for a covered entity.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Designated record set
25. Clearinghouse
Ethical
Privacy
a service company that recieves electronic or paper claims from the provider - checks and prepares them for processing - and transmits them in HIPAA-complaint format to the correct carriers
Transaction
26. Under some circumstances ...
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Code sets
27. General exceptions for releasing patient information
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Standard
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
28. Privacy Officer
Ethical
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Every office should have one! - responsible for making surethat thise office is HIPAA compliant - privacy officer should be.. an effective communicator with ability to answer questions about sespected HIPPA violations and complaints
29. Verify the identification of anyone requesting patient information.
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
need to know
Verification
Health Information
30. TPO
testimony under oath
Standard
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Portability
31. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Covered entities
32. Disabilities act
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33. Fax Machines and HIPAA
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Covered entities
34. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
need to know
Electronic transmission
Security
35. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
Permission
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
illegal touching of another person
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
36. Good samaritan law
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Patient Identifiable Information
37. HI
Health Information
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
38. DII
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Regulations
Standard
De-Identified Information
39. Conforming to proper professional behavior
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Ethical
Security
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
40. Ethics
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
41. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Patient Identifiable Information
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
h/c workers --qualified people of organizations(perf. data processinf or transcript) -certain gov. auth. (pub health activities) -appropriate auth(protect vic. of abuse) -law enforcement officials or judicial orders
42. A general HIPAA requirement
Standard
Transaction
U.S. goverment
h/c workers --qualified people of organizations(perf. data processinf or transcript) -certain gov. auth. (pub health activities) -appropriate auth(protect vic. of abuse) -law enforcement officials or judicial orders
43. HIPAA compliance mandates that computer systems must be...
Examples of PHI
located in a secured and private space
Covered transactions
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
44. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
Covered entities
must be reported to authorities by law
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Covered transactions
45. Disclosure without Consent
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Permission
46. Common law
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Examples of PHI
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
47. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
Limited data set
Firewalls
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
48. Uniform anotomical gift act
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Rule
testimony under oath
49. PII
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
security rule
Patient Identifiable Information
50. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil