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HIPAA

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1. IIHI
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Encryption
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Designated record set

2. interrogatory
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
substance abuse treatment
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA

3. DII
De-Identified Information
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
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
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

4. Misfeasance
U.S. goverment
need to know
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil

5. 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
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
must be reported to authorities by law
Electronic data interchange

6. Fax Machines and HIPAA
Examples of PHI
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
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.

7. Subpoenas
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
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.
need to know

8. The ability to control access and protect information from accidental or intentional disclosure to unauthorized persons and from altercation - destruction - or loss
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
security rule
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
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.

9. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
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
Permission
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)

10. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
Code sets
State preemption
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws

11. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Firewalls
Encryption

12. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
substance abuse treatment
Privacy
Limited data set
Transaction

13. Ethics
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
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
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective

14. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Regulations
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
testimony under oath
Electronic transmission

15. Sending information over electronic networks.
malpractice
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Electronic transmission

16. OIG - Office of the Inspector General
Designated record set
Covered entities
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity

17. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
Limited data set
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
substance abuse treatment
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA

18. Implied contract
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.
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
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
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability

19. Verify the identification of anyone requesting patient information.
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Security
Verification
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs

20. Professional Negligence
malpractice
Security
Individually Identifiable Health Information
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties

21. Common law
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective

22. Battery
U.S. goverment
illegal touching of another person
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory

23. Who regulates HIPAA?
Covered entities
U.S. goverment
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Code sets

24. What information do patients NOT have access to?
testimony under oath
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.
Designated record set
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA

25. Statutory
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Ethical
U.S. goverment

26. Confidentiality

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27. 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.
Malfeasance
Notice of Privacy Practices
Examples of PHI
Minimum necessary

28. Good samaritan law
must be reported to authorities by law
Health Information
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

29. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
Security
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
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Electronic transmission

30. TPO
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Notice of Privacy Practices
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Electronic transmission

31. Implied consent
U.S. goverment
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.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
must be reported to authorities by law

32. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
need to know
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words

33. Statue of limitations
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
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
De-Identified Information
Transaction

34. In order for a fax document to be HIPAA compliant...

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35. Criminal law
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
Encryption
law concerned with public wrongs against society

36. PII
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Patient Identifiable 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.
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

37. Reportable diseases...
must be reported to authorities by law
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
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

38. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Patient Identifiable Information

39. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
Covered transactions
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.
law concerned with public wrongs against society
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information

40. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Designated record set
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties

41. Titile II of HIPAA
Electronic data interchange
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Notice of Privacy Practices

42. 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
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
Standard

43. Conforming to proper professional behavior
must be reported to authorities by law
Covered entities
Standard
Ethical

44. Key entities
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
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
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

45. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Transaction
Patient
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

46. Data must be backed up at ___________ and those back-up files should be stored ________.
regular - in a secure location
Patient rights under HIPAA
testimony under oath
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

47. A general HIPAA requirement
Minimum necessary
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Standard

48. Privacy Officer
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
malpractice
U.S. goverment
need to know

49. Title I of HIPAA
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
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
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective

50. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
Rule
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
need to know
Invasion of Privacy Publishing