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HIPAA

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1. PII
law concerned with public wrongs against society
Minimum necessary
Patient Identifiable Information
Encryption

2. 5P's of ethical power
law concerned with public wrongs against society
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Firewalls
illegal touching of another person

3. Releasing patient information
Ethical
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
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions

4. Common law
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Privacy
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security

5. Fax machines
Code sets
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Patient

6. Disabilities act

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7. Title I of HIPAA
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.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Designated record set

8. Professional Negligence
Portability
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.
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
malpractice

9. All persons who will have access are required to...
Verification
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

10. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
Portability
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
Code sets
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

11. Protected Health Information (PHI)
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
testimony under oath
State preemption
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)

12. HIPAA compliance mandates that computer systems must be...
located in a secured and private space
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Rule
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.

13. Under some circumstances ...
Transaction
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

14. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
Firewalls
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Tort
Portability

15. 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
Portability
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.

16. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
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
Transaction
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available

17. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
Limited data set
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
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs

18. The ability to control access and protect information from accidental or intentional disclosure to unauthorized persons and from altercation - destruction - or loss
security rule
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Standard
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

19. TPO
Limited data set
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
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
Invasion of Privacy Publishing

20. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Security
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.

21. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available

22. EPHI
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Limited data set
Electronic Protected Health Information
Verification

23. Fax Machines and HIPAA
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Invasion of Privacy Publishing

24. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
need to know
Rule
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

25. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
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
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
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath

26. HI
Patient Identifiable Information
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
must be reported to authorities by law
Health Information

27. Libel
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
false and malicious writing about another
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

28. Emancipated minors

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29. Disclosure without Consent
located in a secured and private space
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Ethical

30. NPP
Notice of Privacy Practices
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
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
illegal touching of another person

31. Statue of limitations
Notice of Privacy Practices
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
located in a secured and private space
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties

32. 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
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
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
testimony under oath

33. Medical records used for health care research

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34. 4d's of negligence
testimony under oath
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
Firewalls
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information

35. Computes and HIPAA
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
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
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

36. Good samaritan law
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Tort

37. Document that includes the standards
located in a secured and private space
Rule
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective

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

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39. What information do patients NOT have access to?
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
false and malicious writing about another
Rule
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA

40. The limited amount of patient information to be disclosed - depending on circumstances.
Minimum necessary
Rule
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)

41. General exceptions for releasing patient information
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.
Firewalls
located in a secured and private space

42. Key entities
De-Identified Information
Verification
State preemption
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

43. De-Identified Information
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
located in a secured and private space
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Permission

44. IIHI
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Individually Identifiable Health Information

45. Deposition
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Firewalls
testimony under oath

46. Uniform anotomical gift act
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Patient rights under HIPAA

47. HIPAA
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
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

48. 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
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Invasion of Privacy Publishing

49. Criminal law
law concerned with public wrongs against society
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
Privacy
need to know

50. Civil law
Rule
Electronic data interchange
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently