Medical Office Concepts UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
According to HIPAA guidelines: - CORRECT ANSWER - concerning a patient, I
may use/disclose only the minimum information that is needed to perform my job duties.
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Information Portability & Accountability
Act
HIPAA was passed - CORRECT ANSWER - August 21, 1996
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information
According to HIPAA, certain categories are considered covered entities, and must abide by
HIPAA rules and regulations. They include the following: - CORRECT ANSWER --
A health plan
- A health care clearing house
- A health care provider who transmits any health info in electronic form (internet
transmission, phone, fax)
Under HIPAA. it is recognized that incidental use and disclosure of protected health
information may occur as a result of: - CORRECT ANSWER - normal day to day
operations within a healthcare facility.
PHI (Protected Health Information) includes such things as: - CORRECT
ANSWER - -name
-address
-phone/fax
-dates (birth/death/admission/discharge)
, -important numbers (soc.sec., medical record#, acct. #)
-email address
-biometrics
-full facial images
-patients medical history
(When in doubt, don't give info out)
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information
HHS - CORRECT ANSWER - Health & Human Services
Privacy Act - CORRECT ANSWER - standards for privacy of individually
identifiable health information
Covered entities must abide by HIPAA rules & regulations: - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. Health plan
2. Health care clearinghouse
3. Health care provider
PHI is not only limited to the patient, but also: - CORRECT ANSWER - the patients
relatives, employees or household members
PCP - CORRECT ANSWER - primary care physicians
HMO - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Maintenance Organization - requires patients
to use in-network providers in order to be covered for services. Patients do not have the
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
According to HIPAA guidelines: - CORRECT ANSWER - concerning a patient, I
may use/disclose only the minimum information that is needed to perform my job duties.
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Information Portability & Accountability
Act
HIPAA was passed - CORRECT ANSWER - August 21, 1996
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information
According to HIPAA, certain categories are considered covered entities, and must abide by
HIPAA rules and regulations. They include the following: - CORRECT ANSWER --
A health plan
- A health care clearing house
- A health care provider who transmits any health info in electronic form (internet
transmission, phone, fax)
Under HIPAA. it is recognized that incidental use and disclosure of protected health
information may occur as a result of: - CORRECT ANSWER - normal day to day
operations within a healthcare facility.
PHI (Protected Health Information) includes such things as: - CORRECT
ANSWER - -name
-address
-phone/fax
-dates (birth/death/admission/discharge)
, -important numbers (soc.sec., medical record#, acct. #)
-email address
-biometrics
-full facial images
-patients medical history
(When in doubt, don't give info out)
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information
HHS - CORRECT ANSWER - Health & Human Services
Privacy Act - CORRECT ANSWER - standards for privacy of individually
identifiable health information
Covered entities must abide by HIPAA rules & regulations: - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. Health plan
2. Health care clearinghouse
3. Health care provider
PHI is not only limited to the patient, but also: - CORRECT ANSWER - the patients
relatives, employees or household members
PCP - CORRECT ANSWER - primary care physicians
HMO - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Maintenance Organization - requires patients
to use in-network providers in order to be covered for services. Patients do not have the
