Quiz 2- Clinical orientation Exam Questions & Answers

What does HIPAA stand for? - ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) What is the primary purpose of HIPAA? - ANSWER-to protect people from losing their health insurance as they changed jobs or due to pre-existing conditions Also, HIPAA was designed to: -To reduce costs & administrative burdens of healthcare by creating standard electronic formats for many transactions that are currently carried out on paper -To develop standards & requirements to protect the privacy and security of personal health information (PHI) HIPAA has 2 separate regulations, what are they? - ANSWER-The privacy rule The security rule What's covered under HIPAA: - ANSWER-All information about a patient must be protected at all times Disclosure of PHI can seriously impact a patient's state of being - medically, emotionally, financially - and their social standing within the community PHI goes beyond the traditional medical record No matter how information is communicated, it must be protected T/F