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HIPAA

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1. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized 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
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
Security

2. IIHI
Electronic Protected Health Information
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
testimony under oath
Individually Identifiable Health Information

3. Who regulates HIPAA?
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
U.S. goverment
Electronic transmission
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

4. Negligence
Code sets
Verification
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer

5. Slander
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Security
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

6. Conforming to proper professional behavior
Standard
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Ethical
Patient rights under HIPAA

7. Bioethics
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Permission
Electronic data interchange
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research

8. Fax machines
law concerned with public wrongs against society
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Ethical
Notice of Privacy Practices

9. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
State preemption

10. Protected Health Information (PHI)
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Firewalls
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

11. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
located in a secured and private space
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Transaction
Individually Identifiable Health Information

12. All persons who will have access are required to...
substance abuse treatment
Electronic transmission
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

13. TPO
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Individually Identifiable Health Information
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA

14. Coded information that can't be read until is decoded.
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Encryption
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath

15. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
Permission
Rule
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 preemption

16. 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
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
need to know
Electronic Protected Health Information

17. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
Patient Identifiable Information
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
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
law concerned with public wrongs against society

18. The person recieving treatment
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Patient
Examples of PHI

19. Ethics
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Privacy
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

20. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
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
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Patient Identifiable Information
substance abuse treatment

21. The use of uniform electronic network protocols to transfer business information between organizations.
Electronic data interchange
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
law concerned with public wrongs against society
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory

22. Releasing patient information
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Encryption
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit

23. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Covered transactions
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.

24. Common 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
Security
regular - in a secure location
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents

25. PII
Ethical
Tort
Patient Identifiable Information
Covered transactions

26. Deposition
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
testimony under oath
Patient

27. 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
Health Information
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available

28. Professional Negligence
Minimum necessary
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Patient rights under HIPAA
malpractice

29. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Electronic Protected Health Information
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
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

30. Criminal law
law concerned with public wrongs against society
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Transaction
Patient rights under HIPAA

31. 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
Rule
Notice of Privacy Practices
Security
Covered entities

32. Uniform anotomical gift act
Examples of PHI
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Verification

33. Good samaritan law
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

34. DII
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
De-Identified Information
Designated record set

35. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
State preemption
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

36. Advanced directives
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
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
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.
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions

37. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
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
malpractice
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

38. Document that includes the standards
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Rule
Verification

39. Includes records maintained by or for a covered entity.
security rule
U.S. goverment
Designated record set
testimony under oath

40. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
Transaction
Malfeasance
Code sets
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

41. Disclosure without Consent
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
U.S. goverment
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Malfeasance

42. Reportable diseases...
must be reported to authorities by law
Code sets
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity

43. 4d's of negligence
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
Standard
Firewalls
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

44. Doctor release of patient
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Rule
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

45. Titile II of HIPAA
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Ethical
Verification
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer

46. What information do patients NOT have access to?
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
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
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

47. Under some circumstances ...
security rule
Covered transactions
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
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

48. Unlawful act done without permission.
Designated record set
Malfeasance
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath

49. Title I of HIPAA
security rule
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

50. Fax Machines and HIPAA
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Regulations