HIPAA Training for Healthcare Students Questions and Answers Graded A+

HIPAA Training for Healthcare Students Questions and Answers Graded A+ What does HIPAA stand for? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Where does HIPAA apply? In all 50 states and U.S. territories Which agency is responsible for enforcing HIPAA compliance? HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Which of the following entities are not covered by HIPAA? Journalists Which HIPAA rule gives patients the right to view and obtain a copy of their healthcare data? The HIPAA Privacy Rule HIPAA has many functions, but which of these is not an objective if HIPAA? Ensuring all Americans have health insurance What is a HIPAA authorization? Consent given by a patient for their PHI to be used or shared for a reason not permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule What is a business associate? A third-party that performs a function or activity on behalf of a covered entity that requires access to PHI What is protected health information? Health information that includes one or more of the 18 identifiers that allows an individual to be identified from the health data Which of these is not a HIPAA identifier? Mother's maiden name HITECH Stands for... Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Which of these was NOT one of the aims of the HITECH Act? To give public health agencies more access to healthcare data Which of the following was not mandatory until the HITECH Act was introduced? Notifications for patients whose PHI was exposed in a data breach What was the purpose of HIPAA Omnibus Rule? To implement changes to HIPAA required by the HITECH Act Which of these are NOT part of the Administrative Simplification Rules? Elimination of complex rules for healthcare administrators What was the purpose of the Security Rule? To set minimum standards for safeguarding protected health information