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HIPAA
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All persons who will have access are required to...
State preemption
Firewalls
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Verification
2. DII
Malfeasance
false and malicious writing about another
De-Identified Information
law concerned with public wrongs against society
3. 4d's of negligence
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
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.
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
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
4. Criminal law
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Minimum necessary
Limited data set
law concerned with public wrongs against society
5. Title I of HIPAA
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
De-Identified Information
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
6. Document that includes the standards
substance abuse treatment
Designated record set
Rule
Transaction
7. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
regular - in a secure location
De-Identified Information
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Privacy
8. Ethics
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
Patient Identifiable Information
9. The ability to control access and protect information from accidental or intentional disclosure to unauthorized persons and from altercation - destruction - or loss
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
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
security rule
10. 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
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
Examples of PHI
Covered entities
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
11. Fax machines
Permission
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Malfeasance
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
12. Emancipated minors
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13. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
substance abuse treatment
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
14. Confidentiality
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15. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Security
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
16. Clearinghouse
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
Examples of PHI
Covered transactions
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
17. PII
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Patient Identifiable Information
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
18. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
State preemption
need to know
Limited data set
Portability
19. De-Identified Information
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
Patient Identifiable Information
20. Common law
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Covered transactions
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Transaction
21. Verify the identification of anyone requesting patient information.
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
Verification
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
22. Advanced directives
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
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.
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
23. Disclosure without Consent
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
24. Who regulates HIPAA?
U.S. goverment
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
Malfeasance
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
25. What information do patients NOT have access to?
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Ethical
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
26. Data must be backed up at ___________ and those back-up files should be stored ________.
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
must be reported to authorities by law
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
regular - in a secure location
27. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Permission
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
28. Bioethics
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Individually Identifiable Health Information
must be reported to authorities by law
29. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
Transaction
U.S. goverment
De-Identified Information
30. Implied contract
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Malfeasance
De-Identified Information
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
31. Titile II of HIPAA
Limited data set
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
regular - in a secure location
32. interrogatory
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Code sets
Minimum necessary
33. Protected Health Information (PHI)
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
34. Battery
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
Patient Identifiable Information
Electronic data interchange
illegal touching of another person
35. Reportable diseases...
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
must be reported to authorities by law
security rule
36. Coded information that can't be read until is decoded.
Privacy
Encryption
De-Identified Information
Firewalls
37. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Firewalls
illegal touching of another person
State preemption
38. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Notice of Privacy Practices
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
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 transmission
39. Any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Patient rights under HIPAA
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Tort
security rule
40. Statue of limitations
Ethical
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Minimum necessary
41. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
substance abuse treatment
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
42. 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.
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
43. TPO
De-Identified Information
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Patient Identifiable Information
44. 5P's of ethical power
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Health Information
45. Statutory
Standard
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
Limited data set
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
46. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
malpractice
Standard
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
47. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
Portability
Minimum necessary
Firewalls
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
48. HIPAA states...
Rule
Transaction
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
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
49. Good samaritan law
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Ethical
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Encryption
50. Uniform anotomical gift act
malpractice
must be reported to authorities by law
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