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At RC Health Services you are allowed to do the following: - correct answer None of the above: (includes) - Disable anti-virus software. - Install computer software programs of your choice onto your computer. - Publicly display your passwords (e.g. have a password reminder taped to your computer or a post-it note under your keyboard). - All of the above. - Share your computer passwords with other students. Choose the answer below that is NOT individually identifiable health information: - correct answer The location where the individual will vacation next winter. Important areas of the HIPAA Privacy Rule include: - correct answer All of these (includes) - Patients' rights to access, change and influence how their protected health information is used. - Privacy in medical research. - How patient health information is used and disclosed. - The role of covered entities to obtain assurances from its business associate that the business associate will safeguard the protected health information. In a hospital, patient charts are maintained in an open hallway that patients and staff walk through to go to the examination rooms. Since the charts are used during the day, the cabinets are open and unlocked. Is this a privacy violation? - correct answer True Individual identifiable health information includes which of the following: Select one: - correct answer All of these (include) - Birth date. - Social Security Number - Name. -Address Notice of Privacy Practices (NOPP) includes which of the following elements? Select one: - correct answer All of these (Includes) - Using and sharing the patient's protected health information (PHI) with an authorization. - The date the NOPP is effective. - Instructions on how to make complaints. The law known as HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This law was created to: - correct answer Provide consumers with greater access to healthcare insurance, to / protect the privacy of healthcare data and to promote more standardization and efficiency in the healthcare industry. What must covered entities have posted within their location and available to any person upon request? Select one: - correct answer Notice of Privacy Practices (NOPP). When should the Notice of Privacy Practices (NOPP) be provided to the patient? Select one: - correct answer The first time that services are delivered to the patient. When using or disclosing protected health information (PHI) or when requesting PHl from a covered entity, what is it called when reasonable efforts are made to limit PHI to only that which is necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request? - correct answer Minimum necessary. Which of the following does not need to be included in an Authorization: - correct answer The patient's favorite food. Which of the following is a covered entity - correct answer All of these (includes) - Healthcare clearinghouse - Health plan - Healthcare provider Which of the following is true PHI that may be excluded? - correct answer All of these (includes) - Information held by certain research laboratories - Psychotherapy notes - Information complied for legal proceedings A business associate is a person or organization, other than a member of a covered entity's workforce, that performs certain functions or activities on behalf of, or provides certain services to, a covered entity that involve the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI). - correct answer True A covered entity must obtain the individual's written authorization for any use of disclosure of protected health information (PHI) that is not for treatment, payment or healthcare operations or otherwise permitted or required by the Privacy Rule. - correct answer True Regardless of the method by which de-identification is achieved, the Privacy Rule does not restrict the use of disclosure of de-identified health information, as it is no longer considered protected health information (PHI). - correct answer True The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009, significantly expanded the scope of the security and privacy protections available under HIPAA. - correct answer True The Privacy Rule gives individuals the right to request to have covered entities amend their protected health information in a designated record set (DRS) when that information is inaccurate or incomplete. - correct answer True The Security Rule protects a subset of information covered by the Privacy Rule, which is all individually identifiable health information a covered entity creates, receives, maintains or transmits in electronic form. This information is called electronic protected health information (e-PHI). - correct answer True There are specific situations when providers and health plans may be required by law to use or disclose a patient's protected health information. - correct answer