HCCA - CHPC Exam 5 Questions and
Answers Top Rated A Latest Versions
2025
QUESTION
You MAY use or disclose without
authorization for which 14 circumstances?
Answer:
• Treatment
• Payment
• Business operations
• Research (under certain circumstances)
• As required by law
• To avert a serious threat to health or safety
• Workers compensation
• Public health activities
• Reporting abuse, neglect or domestic violence
• Health oversight activities
• Organ and tissue donation
• Lawsuits and disputes
• Law enforcement
• Specialized government functions.
QUESTION
Who can Deceased Individuals information be released at anytime?
Answer:
,decedent information can be released to coroners or medical examiners
QUESTION
When can a decedent information be released for research?
Answer:
if the CE first obtains, from the
researcher, a representation that the use or
disclosure sought is solely for research on the
protected health information of decedents.
QUESTION
Are two specific instances where a CE must seek permission from the individual if they want to
use or disclose PHI?
Answer:
- "facility directories,"
- Second is "uses and disclosures for involvement in the individual's care and notification
purposes.
QUESTION
Is a valid authorization required for Psychotherapy Notes/Records?
Answer:
yes, except for TPO including the entity's internal
training program and Marketing.
QUESTION
What are the seven elements of a valid Authorization?
Answer:
• A specific and meaningful description of the
information to be disclosed, including specific
,• A specific division is identified as the one
authorized to disclose the medical record;
• The name or other specific identification of the
person(s) or entity(ies) to whom disclosure can
be made;
• A statement of the purpose of the requested
disclosure (which may be "at the request of the
client"), including any limitations on the use of
the information;
• An expiration date or a valid expiration event
AND check that the date has not passed nor
has the expiration event occurred;
• A signature dated by client or client's authorized
personal representative. If signed by the
authorized personal representative, a description
of such representative's authority to act for the
client is provided;
records and service dates;
QUESTION
What are the four statements are to be included in a valid Authorization?
Answer:
• A statement of client's right to revoke the
authorization, exceptions to this right, and a
description of how to revoke:
• A statement that treatment, payment,
enrollment or eligibility for benefits may NOT
be conditioned upon signing the authorization;
• A statement regarding the potential that
the information disclosed pursuant to the
authorization may be re-disclosed by the
recipient and, if so, it may no longer be
protected by a federal confidentiality law;
• A statement that the person signing the
authorization has the right to (or will receive) a
copy of the authorization.
QUESTION
What are the draw backs in over-collecting authorizations?
, Answer:
- the entity must track the expiration date
for renewals.
- there is a debate about using the information for any other purpose than what is stated on the
authorization
QUESTION
Request for Restrictions
Answer:
patient has the right to request restrictions on the U&D of information, even for the TPO
exception
QUESTION
The entity must do what when a "Request for Restriction"?
Answer:
- determine if the request is reasonable
- if they can accommodate the request
- must abide by any agreed upon restrictions
QUESTION
Request for Confidential Communication Communication.
Answer:
patient may request other communication channels not typical for the entity, such as email, or
meeting in off-site locations.
QUESTION
What can an entity consider when they get a Request for Confidential Communication?
Answer:
Answers Top Rated A Latest Versions
2025
QUESTION
You MAY use or disclose without
authorization for which 14 circumstances?
Answer:
• Treatment
• Payment
• Business operations
• Research (under certain circumstances)
• As required by law
• To avert a serious threat to health or safety
• Workers compensation
• Public health activities
• Reporting abuse, neglect or domestic violence
• Health oversight activities
• Organ and tissue donation
• Lawsuits and disputes
• Law enforcement
• Specialized government functions.
QUESTION
Who can Deceased Individuals information be released at anytime?
Answer:
,decedent information can be released to coroners or medical examiners
QUESTION
When can a decedent information be released for research?
Answer:
if the CE first obtains, from the
researcher, a representation that the use or
disclosure sought is solely for research on the
protected health information of decedents.
QUESTION
Are two specific instances where a CE must seek permission from the individual if they want to
use or disclose PHI?
Answer:
- "facility directories,"
- Second is "uses and disclosures for involvement in the individual's care and notification
purposes.
QUESTION
Is a valid authorization required for Psychotherapy Notes/Records?
Answer:
yes, except for TPO including the entity's internal
training program and Marketing.
QUESTION
What are the seven elements of a valid Authorization?
Answer:
• A specific and meaningful description of the
information to be disclosed, including specific
,• A specific division is identified as the one
authorized to disclose the medical record;
• The name or other specific identification of the
person(s) or entity(ies) to whom disclosure can
be made;
• A statement of the purpose of the requested
disclosure (which may be "at the request of the
client"), including any limitations on the use of
the information;
• An expiration date or a valid expiration event
AND check that the date has not passed nor
has the expiration event occurred;
• A signature dated by client or client's authorized
personal representative. If signed by the
authorized personal representative, a description
of such representative's authority to act for the
client is provided;
records and service dates;
QUESTION
What are the four statements are to be included in a valid Authorization?
Answer:
• A statement of client's right to revoke the
authorization, exceptions to this right, and a
description of how to revoke:
• A statement that treatment, payment,
enrollment or eligibility for benefits may NOT
be conditioned upon signing the authorization;
• A statement regarding the potential that
the information disclosed pursuant to the
authorization may be re-disclosed by the
recipient and, if so, it may no longer be
protected by a federal confidentiality law;
• A statement that the person signing the
authorization has the right to (or will receive) a
copy of the authorization.
QUESTION
What are the draw backs in over-collecting authorizations?
, Answer:
- the entity must track the expiration date
for renewals.
- there is a debate about using the information for any other purpose than what is stated on the
authorization
QUESTION
Request for Restrictions
Answer:
patient has the right to request restrictions on the U&D of information, even for the TPO
exception
QUESTION
The entity must do what when a "Request for Restriction"?
Answer:
- determine if the request is reasonable
- if they can accommodate the request
- must abide by any agreed upon restrictions
QUESTION
Request for Confidential Communication Communication.
Answer:
patient may request other communication channels not typical for the entity, such as email, or
meeting in off-site locations.
QUESTION
What can an entity consider when they get a Request for Confidential Communication?
Answer:
