HIPAA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

HIPAA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is HIPAA? - Answer- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act A US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. What do the HIPAA guidelines define? - Answer- The guidelines defined: -What data should be considered as Protected Health Information (PHI) -Who should be allowed access to it -When it could be disclosed -For what purpose(s) is the information being disclosed What does HIPAA consider to be PHI? - Answer- Any "individually identifiable health information" that individually or together could reveal a patient's identity. -Name, address, ZIP code or telephone number -The past, present or future physical or mental condition of a patient -The provision of any treatment or healthcare service to a patient -The past, present, or future payment for treatment or healthcare services to a patient. Disclosing PHI without client's consent - Answer- -The purpose of disclosing PHI is to provide a healthcare service to the patient or for payment for the healthcare service. -The only other times that PHI can be disclosed without a patient's authorization is when it is: -Required by law -Required by the Office for Civil Rights as part of a HIPAA compliance audit -When disclosure is in the public's interests or in the patient's interests (for example, if the patient is a victim of child abuse, neglect or domestic violence.)