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1. HIPPA REGULATION:
There are three major areas addressed in the
Privacy
Privacy Regulation: 1. Use and disclosure of PHI,
Overview
2. Patient rights 3. Security administrative and
physical
2. Business Associates can be held directly accountable by federal or
state authority for failure to comply with HIPAA
statutory or regulations. ex. IT techs, Janitors,
Cleaning Services, Vendors, Collection agencies,
Consultants and Billing Services.
3. Entities ex. doctors, hospitals, pharmacy
4. Breach unauthorized acquisition access, use or
disclosure of protected health information,
ex. ALGH issue on
breach where health info was spread with no
consents from patients.
5. What is NOT considered a breach? 1. Where an authorized person who received
the
health info. cannot reasonably have been able to
re- tain it.
2. If an unintentional acquisition, access, or use
occurs within the scope of employ. and info
doesn't go any further.
3. If it is an inadvertent disclosure that occurs
within a facility, and the information does not
go any further.
6. Tiered Increase in Civil 7. What are examples that
Monetary Penalties could not result in HIPPA
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violation by DHHS? HIPPA violation at $50,000 per violation and an
annual maximum of $1.5million.
-Overheard phone or nursing station
conversation
-Joint treatment areas
-Sign-in sheets
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-Calling names in reception areas
-Hospital rounds
Solutions would be to speak quietly, cubicles,
curtains, dividers, asking patients to step back,
or closing doors.
8. Health Information (PHI) Any info. whether oral or recorded in any form
or
medium that is created or received by a
health care provider, health, plan public health
authority, employ- er, life insurer, school or
university, or health care clearinghouse, and
related to the past, present or future physical
or mental health or condition.
9. Individual Identifiable Health Infor- Information that is a subset of health
information,
mation (IIHI) including demographic, information collected from an
individual.
10. Identifiers -Email address
-Social Security number
-Medical record number
-Vehicle identifier
-Full face photograph
11. The Notice of Privacy In a written language, tape, or video that the
Practices should be... patient understands, be clearly posted in the
practice or facil- ity, and if applicable, on the
practice website.
12. Fraud the intentional deception or misrepresentation
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that an individual knows to be false or does not
believe to be true and makes, knowingly that
the deception could result in some unauthorized
benefit to himself/herself or some other
person.
ex. Billing for services that were not furnished
and or
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