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HIPAA

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1. Common law
Limited data set
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Minimum necessary

2. Unlawful act done without permission.
Malfeasance
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
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Standard

3. Disabilities act

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4. EPHI
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Electronic Protected Health Information
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
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

5. Releasing patient 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
Patient Identifiable Information
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.

6. Confidentiality

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7. Advanced directives
Standard
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
Rule
Patient Identifiable Information

8. A general HIPAA requirement
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Minimum necessary
Rule
Standard

9. 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
regular - in a secure location
Covered entities

10. Slander
substance abuse treatment
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

11. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Minimum necessary
Limited data set
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts

12. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
Permission
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
Notice of Privacy Practices

13. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
Individually Identifiable Health Information
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order

14. Criminal law
Rule
law concerned with public wrongs against society
Patient
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security

15. Ethics
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Patient rights under HIPAA
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
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

16. Medical records used for health care research

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17. Under some circumstances ...
testimony under oath
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)

18. Disclosure without Consent
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Malfeasance

19. Fax machines
Patient rights under HIPAA
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
security rule

20. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
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
Permission
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
Malfeasance

21. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
security rule
Code sets
Verification

22. Civil law
Covered entities
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
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
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

23. Bioethics
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
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 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

24. Verify the identification of anyone requesting patient information.
Verification
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

25. 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.
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
Examples of PHI
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Standard

26. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Security
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
Patient Identifiable Information

27. NPP
Notice of Privacy Practices
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

28. Titile II of HIPAA
Regulations
Minimum necessary
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

29. 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
false and malicious writing about another
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath

30. Uniform anotomical gift act
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Examples of PHI

31. Statutory
Permission
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Health Information

32. Battery
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Electronic data interchange
illegal touching of another person
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective

33. HI
Patient Identifiable Information
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
Health Information

34. Who regulates 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
U.S. goverment
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
State preemption

35. HIPAA states...
security rule
malpractice
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
Permission

36. DII
De-Identified 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.
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 Information

37. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory

38. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Transaction
Individually Identifiable Health Information
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

39. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
false and malicious writing about another
Covered transactions
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available

40. Implied contract
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
malpractice
Ethical

41. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
Portability
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil

42. interrogatory
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Patient Identifiable Information
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath

43. 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.
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Designated record set
Regulations
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

44. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
substance abuse treatment
Permission
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words

45. 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
Electronic data interchange
Covered entities
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Encryption

46. The ability to control access and protect information from accidental or intentional disclosure to unauthorized persons and from altercation - destruction - or loss
security rule
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

47. Sending information over electronic networks.
Electronic transmission
Standard
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
substance abuse treatment

48. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
U.S. goverment
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Tort

49. What information do patients NOT have access to?
Covered transactions
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Code sets
must be reported to authorities by law

50. Good samaritan law
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
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.