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HIPAA

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1. Disabilities act

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2. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
illegal touching of another person
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
need to know

3. HIPAA states...
Examples of PHI
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Standard
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information

4. The limited amount of patient information to be disclosed - depending on circumstances.
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Minimum necessary
Standard
Code sets

5. Implied contract
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Rule
U.S. goverment
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

6. General exceptions for releasing patient information
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order

7. Clearinghouse
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
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
Designated record set

8. Common law
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Standard
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Code sets

9. Guidelines and standards made by government agencies and licensing boards that have the authority to enforce compliance
Malfeasance
testimony under oath
Regulations
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?

10. Negligence
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.
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
Individually Identifiable Health Information

11. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Minimum necessary
Security
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
State preemption

12. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
Covered entities
Security
Portability
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order

13. Document that includes the standards
malpractice
Rule
U.S. goverment
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment

14. DII
De-Identified Information
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney

15. 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.
must be reported to authorities by law
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

16. Confidentiality

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17. Any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Tort

18. Data must be backed up at ___________ and those back-up files should be stored ________.
Ethical
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
regular - in a secure location
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

19. Uniform anotomical gift act
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Patient Identifiable Information
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation

20. OIG - Office of the Inspector General
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
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.
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Code sets

21. De-Identified Information
Patient rights under HIPAA
must be reported to authorities by law
Privacy
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.

22. Medical records used for health care research

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23. IIHI
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Individually Identifiable Health Information
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.

24. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
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
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
Firewalls

25. EPHI
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
Electronic Protected Health Information
Electronic transmission
Health Information

26. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Rule
Transaction
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney

27. Deposition
Electronic transmission
testimony under oath
Permission
Standard

28. The person recieving 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
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
De-Identified Information
Patient

29. Releasing patient information
Permission
law concerned with public wrongs against society
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions

30. 5P's of ethical power
Covered transactions
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Encryption

31. 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
Limited data set
located in a secured and private space
Patient rights under HIPAA
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment

32. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
must be reported to authorities by law
Privacy
State preemption
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order

33. Reportable diseases...
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Permission
must be reported to authorities by law
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)

34. HI
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Health Information
Tort

35. Slander
Permission
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
false and malicious writing about another

36. Key entities
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
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

37. Computes and HIPAA
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
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
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.
Health Information

38. Doctor release of patient
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
false and malicious writing about another
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

39. Emancipated minors

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40. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
Transaction
Code sets
Electronic data interchange
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words

41. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory

42. Statue of limitations
Regulations
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
Portability
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

43. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
State preemption
Covered entities

44. The use of uniform electronic network protocols to transfer business information between organizations.
security rule
Electronic data interchange
testimony under oath
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs

45. Bioethics
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Portability

46. Advanced directives
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Notice of Privacy Practices
Patient rights under HIPAA

47. TPO
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
regular - in a secure location
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

48. All persons who will have access are required to...
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
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

49. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
regular - in a secure location
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

50. Libel
false and malicious writing about another
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Transaction
Invasion of Privacy Publishing