HIPAA/PA Refresher TEST | 40 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

Under HIPAA, a covered entity (CE) is defined as: - All of the above Under HIPAA, a CE is a health plan, a health care clearinghouse, or a health care provider engaged in standard electronic transactions covered by HIPAA. The minimum necessary standard: - All of the above The minimum necessary standard limits uses, disclosures, and requests for PHI to the minimum necessary amount of PHI needed to carry out the intended purposes of the use or disclosure. The minimum necessary standard does not apply to disclosures to, or requests by, a health care provider for treatment purposes. It also does not apply to uses or disclosures made to the individual or pursuant to the individual's authorization. Which of the following would be considered PHI? - An individual's first and last name and the medical diagnosis in a physician's progress report The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to which of the following? - All of the above The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to PHI that is transmitted or maintained by a covered entity or a business associate in any form or medium. Which of the following statements about the HIPAA Security Rule are true? - All of the above The HIPAA Security Rule: Established a national set of standards for the protection of PHI that is created, received, maintained, or transmitted in electronic media by a HIPAA CE or BA; protects ePHI; and addresses three types of safeguards - administrative, technical and physical - that must be in place to secure individuals' ePHI