HIPAA ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
HIPAA= - Answer-Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996
Purpose of HIPAA - Answer--Prohibits unauthorized access and distribution of protected
health info (PHI)
-derived from medical model
PHI - Answer-- (protected health information)
-Any info that can be transmitted orally, written or electronically (name and address,
telephone number, fax number, email address, SSN, medical diagnosis, medical
records and account numbers, photographs and images)
Clinician Do's - Answer--close curtains
-speak softly when appropriate
-log off computer
-shredding paperwork when disposing or put in locked filed cabinet
-clear desk when you leave desk
Clinician Don'ts - Answer--discuss patient care at nurse's station or joint treatment area
(lobby, doctor's office, cafeteria)
-call out patient's name in waiting area
-tell anyone about what you overhear about a patient
-look at info about client unless you need it to help with your business
When sending a fax - Answer--always call the recipient to tell them it's coming
-Make sure you have the right fax number and not fax it to someone else
-Always use a cover sheet
When you receive a fax - Answer--tell person faxing info that you've received it
-Being called to get a fax so that information not laying around unattended
-Take the faxes off machine immediately
Patient/client's right - Answer--right to
1) access own records upon request (Parents have a right to look at child's records)
2) request to amend records (take document out)
3) request accounting of whose seen the records
4) Can request that some people not review their records (divorced parents)
When there's a breach of the HIPAA... - Answer--patients must be notified
-Breach: the unauthorized acquisition, access, use or disclosure of the PHI
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