CNIM ACTUAL TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● When was HIPAA established?
Answer: 1996
●● Who was HIPAA developed by?
Answer: By the department of health and human services
●● What is HIPAA?
Answer: US law that is designed to provide privacy standards to protect
patients' medical records and other health information provided to health
plans, doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers
●● Who does HIPAA apply to?
Answer: To all covered entities and business associates
●● What is PHI?
Answer: Protected Health information - can be written, spoken,
electronic, or any other form containing patient specific demographic
information
, ●● What are the three patient privacy exceptions?
Answer: Treatment
Payment
Healthcare operations
●● What are covered entities defined as?
Answer: Defined as 1) health plans, 2) health care clearinghouses, and 3)
health care providers who electronically transmit health information in
connection with transactions following HHS standards
●● What are examples of incidental disclosures?
Answer: High risk situations
Families
Close proximity
Elevators
Email
Printouts of PHI
Waiting rooms and public areas
●● What scenarios allow you to release PHI without patient consent?
Answer: Suspected abuse
Patients location in the facility
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● When was HIPAA established?
Answer: 1996
●● Who was HIPAA developed by?
Answer: By the department of health and human services
●● What is HIPAA?
Answer: US law that is designed to provide privacy standards to protect
patients' medical records and other health information provided to health
plans, doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers
●● Who does HIPAA apply to?
Answer: To all covered entities and business associates
●● What is PHI?
Answer: Protected Health information - can be written, spoken,
electronic, or any other form containing patient specific demographic
information
, ●● What are the three patient privacy exceptions?
Answer: Treatment
Payment
Healthcare operations
●● What are covered entities defined as?
Answer: Defined as 1) health plans, 2) health care clearinghouses, and 3)
health care providers who electronically transmit health information in
connection with transactions following HHS standards
●● What are examples of incidental disclosures?
Answer: High risk situations
Families
Close proximity
Elevators
Printouts of PHI
Waiting rooms and public areas
●● What scenarios allow you to release PHI without patient consent?
Answer: Suspected abuse
Patients location in the facility
