Ethics Exam - Compliance and HIPAA
Questions And Answers
Ethics -
correct answer ✅values that come from social responsibilities
-CULTURE THAT EXISTS
-VALUE SYSTEM
Compliance -
correct answer ✅rules and regulations that exist
-LOCAL AND STATE LAWS
-HELPS DEFINE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
What are three areas of compliance that are extremely prevalent to
dentistry? -
correct answer ✅-HIPAA
-Healthcare Billing
-Consent to treat
Why is it important to develop patient trust? -
correct answer ✅patient trust is clinically important and a means
of developing positive outcomes. As patients understand that their
information will be appropriately safeguarded, the more patients
,Ethics Exam - Compliance and HIPAA
Questions And Answers
are willing to discuss their symptoms, conditions and past and
present risk behaviors.
When in a time crunch we can leave all the paperwork to the end of
the appointment? T or F? -
correct answer ✅False
Consent to Treat -
correct answer ✅-Indiana law requires that a individual must give
their informed consent for the practitioner to provide health care
services to the individual.
-At IUSD, the individual is asked to SIGN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT as
evidence that consent was appropriately given
-Specific rules apply if the patient is a minor (under 18) or not
mentally competent to consent
What are some potential consequences of not getting consent? -
correct answer ✅-malpractice litigation
-civil assault and battery charges
What is an example of an assault and battery charge of a dentist in
2012? -
, Ethics Exam - Compliance and HIPAA
Questions And Answers
correct answer ✅Boston dentist sentenced to 1 year in prison for
assault and battery - used paper clips as posts in root canal
4 Healthcare Billing Fraud and Abuse Laws -
correct answer ✅-False Claims Act
-Anti-Kickback Statute
-Physician Self-Referral Statute - known as the "Stark" Law
-Civil Monetary Penalties Law
What is "fraud"? -
correct answer ✅-an intentional statement or action that you
know is false with the intent to deceive another that could result in
a benefit to you
What is the difference between fraud and abuse? -
correct answer ✅Fraud - to PURPOSELY bill inaccurately
Abuse - items or services that are BILLED BY MISTAKE and the
provider FAILS TO TAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS to detect and correct
the mistake.
Questions And Answers
Ethics -
correct answer ✅values that come from social responsibilities
-CULTURE THAT EXISTS
-VALUE SYSTEM
Compliance -
correct answer ✅rules and regulations that exist
-LOCAL AND STATE LAWS
-HELPS DEFINE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
What are three areas of compliance that are extremely prevalent to
dentistry? -
correct answer ✅-HIPAA
-Healthcare Billing
-Consent to treat
Why is it important to develop patient trust? -
correct answer ✅patient trust is clinically important and a means
of developing positive outcomes. As patients understand that their
information will be appropriately safeguarded, the more patients
,Ethics Exam - Compliance and HIPAA
Questions And Answers
are willing to discuss their symptoms, conditions and past and
present risk behaviors.
When in a time crunch we can leave all the paperwork to the end of
the appointment? T or F? -
correct answer ✅False
Consent to Treat -
correct answer ✅-Indiana law requires that a individual must give
their informed consent for the practitioner to provide health care
services to the individual.
-At IUSD, the individual is asked to SIGN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT as
evidence that consent was appropriately given
-Specific rules apply if the patient is a minor (under 18) or not
mentally competent to consent
What are some potential consequences of not getting consent? -
correct answer ✅-malpractice litigation
-civil assault and battery charges
What is an example of an assault and battery charge of a dentist in
2012? -
, Ethics Exam - Compliance and HIPAA
Questions And Answers
correct answer ✅Boston dentist sentenced to 1 year in prison for
assault and battery - used paper clips as posts in root canal
4 Healthcare Billing Fraud and Abuse Laws -
correct answer ✅-False Claims Act
-Anti-Kickback Statute
-Physician Self-Referral Statute - known as the "Stark" Law
-Civil Monetary Penalties Law
What is "fraud"? -
correct answer ✅-an intentional statement or action that you
know is false with the intent to deceive another that could result in
a benefit to you
What is the difference between fraud and abuse? -
correct answer ✅Fraud - to PURPOSELY bill inaccurately
Abuse - items or services that are BILLED BY MISTAKE and the
provider FAILS TO TAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS to detect and correct
the mistake.
