2024 ODS PRACTICE TEST Legal and
Ethics Closed book Exam Q’s and A’s
Non-sensitive PersonalityI dentifiable Information - -Is information that is in
the public record
- HITECH Act contributed to the effectiveness of HIPAA by: - -Strengthening
penalties for HIPAA violations
- Who is responsible for protecting patients' individually identifiable health
information? - -Staff, Physician, Cancer Registrar
- Follow-up letters from the hospital that are stamped with "Cancer Registry"
would not breach a patient's confidentiality - -False
- The HIPAA Security Rule - -Applies to health plans, health care
clearinghouses, and to any health care provider who transmits health
information in electronic form
- HIPAA is an acronym for - -Health information Portability and
Accountability Act
- A central registry is a public health authority - -and exempt from HIPAA
- State collection of follow-up cancer data can be collected regardless of
patient consent - -True
- An example of a Business Associate (BA) would be a company that - -
Stores or destroys medical records
- HIPAA was passed 1994 - -False, 1996
- Of the demographics included in ePHI, the following may be used to
identify a patient and should never be disclosed: - -Date of death
- A community Health Center is a covered entity - -False
- Registrars have a professional code of ethics published by which of the
following organizations? - -NCRA
- A community group wants to investigate a very rare type of cancer. The
cancer registry provides a report with the survival rates grouped by the type
of surgery and the primary surgeon. is this violating confidentiality? - -Yes
Ethics Closed book Exam Q’s and A’s
Non-sensitive PersonalityI dentifiable Information - -Is information that is in
the public record
- HITECH Act contributed to the effectiveness of HIPAA by: - -Strengthening
penalties for HIPAA violations
- Who is responsible for protecting patients' individually identifiable health
information? - -Staff, Physician, Cancer Registrar
- Follow-up letters from the hospital that are stamped with "Cancer Registry"
would not breach a patient's confidentiality - -False
- The HIPAA Security Rule - -Applies to health plans, health care
clearinghouses, and to any health care provider who transmits health
information in electronic form
- HIPAA is an acronym for - -Health information Portability and
Accountability Act
- A central registry is a public health authority - -and exempt from HIPAA
- State collection of follow-up cancer data can be collected regardless of
patient consent - -True
- An example of a Business Associate (BA) would be a company that - -
Stores or destroys medical records
- HIPAA was passed 1994 - -False, 1996
- Of the demographics included in ePHI, the following may be used to
identify a patient and should never be disclosed: - -Date of death
- A community Health Center is a covered entity - -False
- Registrars have a professional code of ethics published by which of the
following organizations? - -NCRA
- A community group wants to investigate a very rare type of cancer. The
cancer registry provides a report with the survival rates grouped by the type
of surgery and the primary surgeon. is this violating confidentiality? - -Yes
