HIPAA Privacy Rule Latest Update

HIPAA Privacy Rule Latest Update Covered Entity - ANSWER health plans, healthcare clearinghouse and healthcare providers who electronically transmit information under standards of operation established by HHS HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act created to improve continuity of health insurance coverage and the administration of health care services HIPAA's Privacy Rule - ANSWER Protects patients information so it is available to those who need to see it, while protecting that information from those who should not Covered entities - ANSWER Organizations that access the personal health information of patients. They include health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses. Health care provider - ANSWER Any professional who provides health care services Workforce - ANSWER As defined in the HIPAA law, includes everyone involved with a covered entity whether or not they are full time and whether or not they get paid. an employee within a Covered Entitity any member of a service contracted with a facility that does not make use of PHI, ex. laundry, cleaning services, etc. Individually identifiable health information (IIHI) - ANSWER Health care data that can be connected to a specific person Protected health information (PHI) - ANSWER Any identifiable patient health information regardless of the form in which it is stored Use - ANSWER As defined by HIPAA, the sharing of information between people working in the same health care facility for the purpose of caring for a patient means, with respect to individually identifiable health information, the sharing, employment, application, utilization, examination, or analysis of such information within an entity that maintains such information Disclosure - ANSWER As defined by HIPAA, the sharing of information between health care professionals working in separate entities, or facilities, in the course of caring for a patient Incidental use and disclosure - ANSWER The accidental release of PHI during the course of proper patient care Minimum necessary - ANSWER Reveal only the smallest amount of information required to accomplish the task and no more when using any PHI, a covered entity must generally make reasonable efforts to limit itself to the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request