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HIPAA
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Slander
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Security
testimony under oath
2. A general HIPAA requirement
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
need to know
Standard
Verification
3. HI
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Patient rights under HIPAA
Health Information
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
4. interrogatory
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
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
Electronic Protected Health Information
5. Subpoenas
Duty; duty of care - Derelict; breach of the duty of care - Direct cause; legally recognizable injury occurs as a result of breach of care - Damage; wrongful activity must have been the cause
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Malfeasance
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
6. Unlawful act done without permission.
Standard
illegal touching of another person
Malfeasance
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
7. Fax Machines and HIPAA
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
individuals such as cleaning staff and consultants who work in the office. These individuals do not need access to patient info but may come in contact while completing their duties
Permission
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
8. Statue of limitations
Security
Covered entities
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
9. Civil law
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Tort
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
must be reported to authorities by law
10. Disclosure without Consent
Prohibits discrimination preventing indiviualds with physical or mental disabilities or chronic illness - from accessing public services & accomodations. Employers requires 'reasonable accommodation' be provided so they can perform duties.
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Patient rights under HIPAA
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
11. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Transaction
Covered transactions
12. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
security rule
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
13. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
Privacy
Ethical
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
14. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
U.S. goverment
15. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Firewalls
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
16. Doctor release of patient
Patient
malpractice
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
17. Any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Tort
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
18. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
Security
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Electronic transmission
19. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
located in a secured and private space
Code sets
Portability
Verification
20. Libel
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
false and malicious writing about another
21. Protected Health Information (PHI)
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
Notice of Privacy Practices
22. The limited amount of patient information to be disclosed - depending on circumstances.
Privacy
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Minimum necessary
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
23. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Malfeasance
individuals such as cleaning staff and consultants who work in the office. These individuals do not need access to patient info but may come in contact while completing their duties
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
24. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
testimony under oath
Covered transactions
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Transaction
25. Medical records used for health care research
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26. EPHI
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
Notice of Privacy Practices
Electronic Protected Health Information
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
27. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Firewalls
Covered entities
28. Battery
testimony under oath
Security
Notice of Privacy Practices
illegal touching of another person
29. Good samaritan law
Transaction
security rule
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
30. Document that includes the standards
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Rule
Tort
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
31. Confidentiality
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32. All persons who will have access are required to...
Notice of Privacy Practices
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Duty; duty of care - Derelict; breach of the duty of care - Direct cause; legally recognizable injury occurs as a result of breach of care - Damage; wrongful activity must have been the cause
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
33. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Code sets
State preemption
testimony under oath
34. Who regulates HIPAA?
Verification
Duty; duty of care - Derelict; breach of the duty of care - Direct cause; legally recognizable injury occurs as a result of breach of care - Damage; wrongful activity must have been the cause
U.S. goverment
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
35. Name - address - date of birth - phone/fax numbers - social security number - medical record number - and photographs - nursing and physician notes - billing and other treatment records used during a patient's visit in a hospital or office.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Examples of PHI
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
36. Emancipated minors
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37. HIPAA
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
38. TPO
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
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
De-Identified Information
Rule
39. 5P's of ethical power
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Covered transactions
Regulations
40. Treatment means that a health care provider can provide care; payment means that a provider can disclose PHI to be reimbursed; health care operations refers to HIPAA approved activities and transactions.
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
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.
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
41. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
State preemption
substance abuse treatment
Security
42. IIHI
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Minimum necessary
malpractice
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
43. What information do patients NOT have access to?
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
44. PII
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Limited data set
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Patient Identifiable Information
45. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
State preemption
Regulations
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
46. Common law
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
malpractice
47. The person recieving treatment
Patient
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
U.S. goverment
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
48. HIPAA compliance mandates that computer systems must be...
Patient Identifiable Information
located in a secured and private space
false and malicious writing about another
Prohibits discrimination preventing indiviualds with physical or mental disabilities or chronic illness - from accessing public services & accomodations. Employers requires 'reasonable accommodation' be provided so they can perform duties.
49. In HIPAA language health plans - Health care clearinghouses - and all health care providers that transmit HIPAA standard transactions electronically are called covered entities. Hospitals - nursing homes - hospices - pharmacies - physician practices
Covered entities
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
50. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
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
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA