HIPAA True/False Questions With Answers 2022

You do not need to worry about oral communications involving PHI since verbal exchanges are not governed by the HIPAA privacy rule. - Answer - False - PHI can be transmitted or maintained in any form or medium, including hardcopy, verbal exchanges, and electronic exchanges, such as e-mail. As long as patient information is not contained on NSU forms or records, it is not PHI and therefore not governed by the privacy rule and policies. - Answer - False - PHI can be maintained in any form or medium. For example, if you make handwritten notes for your own use or write a paper that identifies a patient, the information becomes PHI regardless of whether it is on official NSU forms or contained in NSU records. NSU students are responsible for complying with the HIPAA policies implemented in the NSU clinics in which they train. - Answer - True - Like clinic staff and faculty providing services in the various NSU clinics, students must comply with the HIPAA policies implemented by the applicable NSU departments. Moreover, when training at affiliate locations, students will be responsible for complying with the policies implemented by the NSU affiliate institutions and clinics. NSU clinics are responsible for providing patients with NSU's HIPAA Notice at each patient visit. - Answer - False - The HIPAA Notice must be given to all patients only one time. Unlike informed consents and similar documents, providing the HIPAA Notice is not a continuing obligation. A patient who has been provided NSU's HIPAA Notice can request an additional copy at another visit. - Answer - True - Although affirmatively providing the patient with a Notice is a one-time obligation, clinic employees are responsible for providing another copy to a patient who requests another copy. When signing the Acknowledgment form, the patient's signature means that he/she agrees with the Notice. - Answer - False - As part of providing the Notice to the patient, the privacy rule requires that NSU clinics make a good faith effort to obtain a signed or initialed Acknowledgment from the patient or the patient's personal representative. This Acknowledgment form simply states that the patient received the Notice. The patient is not signing that he/she agrees with the Notice. If a patient is a competent adult, the NSU clinic staff should request that the patient sign all HIPAA