COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS WRITTEN EXAM (JUST RELEASED) 2025 WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Ensure privacy of information. Standardize healthcare. Insurance portability.
HIPAA Rules
Privacy Rule -- WHEN can PHI be disclosed?
Security Rule -- safeguards to control WHO can access PHI
Breach Notification Rule -- patient must be notified of breaches
PHI
Protected Health Information:
- Health information
- Payment methods
- Care provided
- Identifying information
Minimum Necessary Rule
Use the minimum amount of information required for your task.
,HIPAA Security Rule
- Integrity: PHI is not destroyed or changed unless authorized
- Availability: PHI must be available to patient upon request
- Confidentiality: PHI is unavailable to unauthorized persons
When can PHI be disclosed?
For TPO purposes:
Treatment (providing care)
Payment (paying or being paid)
Operations (legal, administrative, business, etc.)
TPO
Treatment, Payment & Operations
Examples of HIPAA breaches?
- Telling friends about hospital patients
- Discussing private health information in public area
- Posting or re-posting identifying information about patient on social media
- Leaving PHI papers unattended
Social media guidelines to avoid HIPAA breaches
,- Do not post identifying information about patients
- Do not friend patients on social media
- Do not take photos or videos with patient
Neonates (1 month) and infants (1-12 months) are at high risk for what?
Aspiration (choking)
Suffocation
Falls (infants)
Toddlers (1-3 years) are at high risk for what?
Choking
Injury
Infection
Preschool and school-age children (4-12 years) are at high risk for what?
Injury from falls
Trauma from abuse
Asthma
Fluid/electrolyte imbalance from gastroenteritis
Adolescents (13-18 years) are at high risk for what?
Depression/suicide
, Sexually-transmitted diseases
Substance abuse
Young adults (18-40 years) are at high risk for what?
Quarter-life crisis
Midlife crisis
Substance abuse
Increased stress
Middle adults (40-64 years) are at high risk for what?
Late midlife crisis
Hearing and eyesight decline
Bone and joint pain
Older adults (65+) are at high risk for what?
Decreased skin integrity
Aspiration (choking)
Sleep disturbances, loss of sleep
Falls
Sensory/perceptual alterations (visual and auditory)
What counts towards graduation hours? What doesn't?
VERIFIED ANSWERS
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Ensure privacy of information. Standardize healthcare. Insurance portability.
HIPAA Rules
Privacy Rule -- WHEN can PHI be disclosed?
Security Rule -- safeguards to control WHO can access PHI
Breach Notification Rule -- patient must be notified of breaches
PHI
Protected Health Information:
- Health information
- Payment methods
- Care provided
- Identifying information
Minimum Necessary Rule
Use the minimum amount of information required for your task.
,HIPAA Security Rule
- Integrity: PHI is not destroyed or changed unless authorized
- Availability: PHI must be available to patient upon request
- Confidentiality: PHI is unavailable to unauthorized persons
When can PHI be disclosed?
For TPO purposes:
Treatment (providing care)
Payment (paying or being paid)
Operations (legal, administrative, business, etc.)
TPO
Treatment, Payment & Operations
Examples of HIPAA breaches?
- Telling friends about hospital patients
- Discussing private health information in public area
- Posting or re-posting identifying information about patient on social media
- Leaving PHI papers unattended
Social media guidelines to avoid HIPAA breaches
,- Do not post identifying information about patients
- Do not friend patients on social media
- Do not take photos or videos with patient
Neonates (1 month) and infants (1-12 months) are at high risk for what?
Aspiration (choking)
Suffocation
Falls (infants)
Toddlers (1-3 years) are at high risk for what?
Choking
Injury
Infection
Preschool and school-age children (4-12 years) are at high risk for what?
Injury from falls
Trauma from abuse
Asthma
Fluid/electrolyte imbalance from gastroenteritis
Adolescents (13-18 years) are at high risk for what?
Depression/suicide
, Sexually-transmitted diseases
Substance abuse
Young adults (18-40 years) are at high risk for what?
Quarter-life crisis
Midlife crisis
Substance abuse
Increased stress
Middle adults (40-64 years) are at high risk for what?
Late midlife crisis
Hearing and eyesight decline
Bone and joint pain
Older adults (65+) are at high risk for what?
Decreased skin integrity
Aspiration (choking)
Sleep disturbances, loss of sleep
Falls
Sensory/perceptual alterations (visual and auditory)
What counts towards graduation hours? What doesn't?
