HIPAA Exam with 100% Correct
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The following are examples of technical safeguard except: - ANSWER-audits
Which organization(s) has been charged with enforcing HIPAA's privacy regulations? -
ANSWER-The Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice
The patient's right to determine when how much, and under what circumstances his or
her medical information may be disclosed is: - ANSWER-privacy
Patient consent is not required to speak to family members. - ANSWER-False
You are working elsewhere in the hospital when you hear that a neighbor has just
arrived in the ER for treatment after a car crash. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Ignore the news as you are not a caregiver.
You are approached by an individual who tells you that he is here to work on the
computers and wants you to open a door for him, or point the way to a workstation. How
do you respond to this request? - ANSWER-Ask him who at the hospital has hired him
and refer him to that person.
Privacy rule specifies that each time PHI is released for a purpose other than TPO the
disclosure must be documented and a record maintained for 2 years. - ANSWER-False
[The record must be maintained for 6 years.]
Patients have the right to remove information from their medical records whenever they
feel it is necessary. - ANSWER-False
[Medical records are the property of hte office and fall under HIPAA as protected
information. They must be maintained as a legal document and can be reviewed, under
supervision, by the patient. They can request changes or removal of documents but the
provider makes the final determination.]
Title V of HPAA address which of the following areas? - ANSWER-Company owned life
insurance and those who lose their U.S. Citizenship
There are three titles under HIPAA. - ANSWER-False
Answers
The following are examples of technical safeguard except: - ANSWER-audits
Which organization(s) has been charged with enforcing HIPAA's privacy regulations? -
ANSWER-The Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice
The patient's right to determine when how much, and under what circumstances his or
her medical information may be disclosed is: - ANSWER-privacy
Patient consent is not required to speak to family members. - ANSWER-False
You are working elsewhere in the hospital when you hear that a neighbor has just
arrived in the ER for treatment after a car crash. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Ignore the news as you are not a caregiver.
You are approached by an individual who tells you that he is here to work on the
computers and wants you to open a door for him, or point the way to a workstation. How
do you respond to this request? - ANSWER-Ask him who at the hospital has hired him
and refer him to that person.
Privacy rule specifies that each time PHI is released for a purpose other than TPO the
disclosure must be documented and a record maintained for 2 years. - ANSWER-False
[The record must be maintained for 6 years.]
Patients have the right to remove information from their medical records whenever they
feel it is necessary. - ANSWER-False
[Medical records are the property of hte office and fall under HIPAA as protected
information. They must be maintained as a legal document and can be reviewed, under
supervision, by the patient. They can request changes or removal of documents but the
provider makes the final determination.]
Title V of HPAA address which of the following areas? - ANSWER-Company owned life
insurance and those who lose their U.S. Citizenship
There are three titles under HIPAA. - ANSWER-False
