HIPAA COMPLIANCE FINAL EXAM
Questions and Answers
1. What is one of the functions of HIPAA's Title II?
Answer It promotes lower overhead costs for trading electronic information
2. Which of these is one of the main goals of HIPAA?
Answer Administrative Simplification
3. Which HIPAA-related law addresses privacy breach notifications, ICD-10
code sets, and 5010 transaction standards?
Answer American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Title XIII (HITECH)
4. What's a covered entity (CE)?
Answer A healthcare provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse that treats and
diagnoses patients and that submits data electronically
5. What's the correct name for an organization that handles protected
health information and performs services on behalf of a health plan,
provider, or clearinghouse but isn't a member of that entity's workforce?
Answer Business associate (BA)
6. Who developed the transaction standards used for electronic data
inter-change?
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, Answer Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
7. Which national identifier would you use to identify atypical providers,
such as a non-emergency transport company?
Answer Other Entity Identifier (OEID)
8. Which HIPAA Standard Transaction is used for both a request and a
re-sponse?
Answer 278 Certification and Authorization of Referrals
9. Which code set must you use to code diagnoses (beginning no
sooner than October 1, 2015)?
Answer ICD-10-CM
10. What is the Privacy Rule requirement that asks covered entities
to assess employee access to protected health data and to provide
access to the smallest possible amount of data?
Answer Provide the minimum amount of information necessary
11. What is a failure to follow the requirements of the Privacy Rule
called?
Answer Non-
Compliance
12. Which organization did the Department of Health and Human
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Questions and Answers
1. What is one of the functions of HIPAA's Title II?
Answer It promotes lower overhead costs for trading electronic information
2. Which of these is one of the main goals of HIPAA?
Answer Administrative Simplification
3. Which HIPAA-related law addresses privacy breach notifications, ICD-10
code sets, and 5010 transaction standards?
Answer American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Title XIII (HITECH)
4. What's a covered entity (CE)?
Answer A healthcare provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse that treats and
diagnoses patients and that submits data electronically
5. What's the correct name for an organization that handles protected
health information and performs services on behalf of a health plan,
provider, or clearinghouse but isn't a member of that entity's workforce?
Answer Business associate (BA)
6. Who developed the transaction standards used for electronic data
inter-change?
1/
7
, Answer Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
7. Which national identifier would you use to identify atypical providers,
such as a non-emergency transport company?
Answer Other Entity Identifier (OEID)
8. Which HIPAA Standard Transaction is used for both a request and a
re-sponse?
Answer 278 Certification and Authorization of Referrals
9. Which code set must you use to code diagnoses (beginning no
sooner than October 1, 2015)?
Answer ICD-10-CM
10. What is the Privacy Rule requirement that asks covered entities
to assess employee access to protected health data and to provide
access to the smallest possible amount of data?
Answer Provide the minimum amount of information necessary
11. What is a failure to follow the requirements of the Privacy Rule
called?
Answer Non-
Compliance
12. Which organization did the Department of Health and Human
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