HIPAA Certification Review-CHCP PREP
STUDY QUESTIONS
Define HIPAA - Answers:the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
What did HIPAA establish? - Answers: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 healthcare providers.
What rights does a patient have under HIPAA? - Answers:1) Access, copy and inspect their PHI
2) Request Amendments
3) Obtain accounting of most disclosures
4) Receive communications from providers via other means
5) Complain about alleged violations
6) Request restrictions on uses or disclosures
What does PHI stand for? - Answers:Protected Health Information
What are some examples for PHI? - Answers:name, address ( including street, address, city,
county, zip code), relatives, and employers name, birth date, telephone number
What are the exceptions to disclosure standards in HIPAA? - Answers:court orders, workers
compensation cases, statutory reports, research, correctional institutions, national security
intelligence, or other essential government purpose, incidental use and disclosure
The ROI form is permitted for? - Answers:TPO
What does the term disclosure mean? - Answers:sharing PHI info outside of an entity
STUDY QUESTIONS
Define HIPAA - Answers:the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
What did HIPAA establish? - Answers: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 healthcare providers.
What rights does a patient have under HIPAA? - Answers:1) Access, copy and inspect their PHI
2) Request Amendments
3) Obtain accounting of most disclosures
4) Receive communications from providers via other means
5) Complain about alleged violations
6) Request restrictions on uses or disclosures
What does PHI stand for? - Answers:Protected Health Information
What are some examples for PHI? - Answers:name, address ( including street, address, city,
county, zip code), relatives, and employers name, birth date, telephone number
What are the exceptions to disclosure standards in HIPAA? - Answers:court orders, workers
compensation cases, statutory reports, research, correctional institutions, national security
intelligence, or other essential government purpose, incidental use and disclosure
The ROI form is permitted for? - Answers:TPO
What does the term disclosure mean? - Answers:sharing PHI info outside of an entity
