HIPAA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996 August
21,1996
Two Main Sections of the HIPAA Law - Answer-Title I: Health Care Portability
Title II: Preventing Healthcare Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical
liability Form
Title I Healthcare Portability - Answer-*Portability deals with protecting healthcare
coverage for employees who change jobs
*Reduces risk that individuals will lose their existing healthcare coverage who are
changing jobs.
*Allows workers to purchase insurance on their own if coverage is lost under their
employer.
Title II Preventing healthcare fraud and abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical
liability form. Privacy Rule - Answer-*HIPAA standards for privacy of Individual
Identifiable Health Informantion.
*Protection, use, and disclosure
IPA
protected health information
Information is USED - Answer-when it moves within an organization:
*sharing
*employing
*applying
*Utilizing
*examining
*analyzing
information is DISCLOSED - Answer-when it is transmitted:
*release
*transfer
*provision of access to
*divulging in any manner
HIPAA will allow provider to use healthcare information for: - Answer-for sharing:
*treatment-information in order to provide care for patient
*payment-information in order to receive payment for treatment provided
*operations-information to conduct normal business activities,such as quality
improvement
May be disclosed without authorization - Answer-*medical researchers
*emergencies
*funeral directors/coroners
HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996 August
21,1996
Two Main Sections of the HIPAA Law - Answer-Title I: Health Care Portability
Title II: Preventing Healthcare Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical
liability Form
Title I Healthcare Portability - Answer-*Portability deals with protecting healthcare
coverage for employees who change jobs
*Reduces risk that individuals will lose their existing healthcare coverage who are
changing jobs.
*Allows workers to purchase insurance on their own if coverage is lost under their
employer.
Title II Preventing healthcare fraud and abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical
liability form. Privacy Rule - Answer-*HIPAA standards for privacy of Individual
Identifiable Health Informantion.
*Protection, use, and disclosure
IPA
protected health information
Information is USED - Answer-when it moves within an organization:
*sharing
*employing
*applying
*Utilizing
*examining
*analyzing
information is DISCLOSED - Answer-when it is transmitted:
*release
*transfer
*provision of access to
*divulging in any manner
HIPAA will allow provider to use healthcare information for: - Answer-for sharing:
*treatment-information in order to provide care for patient
*payment-information in order to receive payment for treatment provided
*operations-information to conduct normal business activities,such as quality
improvement
May be disclosed without authorization - Answer-*medical researchers
*emergencies
*funeral directors/coroners
