HIPAA Practice Exam Questions with accurate answers. 2022/2023. Graded A

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HIPAA Practice Exam Questions with accurate answers. 2022/2023. Graded A When did HIPAA Become law? - ✔✔August 21, 1996 What does the acronym HIPAA mean? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portabi... lity and Accountability Act of 1996. What are other names for HIPAA? - ✔✔1) Public Law 104-194 (H.R. 3103) 2) The Kennedy Kassebaum Bill Why was HIPAA passed? - ✔✔a. Improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage. b. Combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery c. Promote the use of medical savings accounts d. Improve access to long term health care coverage e. Simplify the administration of health insurance Which Title is "The Heart of HIPPA legislation?" - ✔✔Title II Administrative Simplification What is the purpose of HIPAA? - ✔✔To standardize Health care transactions as well as rules which protect the privacy and security of health information. When was the final "Privacy Rule published? - ✔✔April 14, 2001 When was the final Security Rule published? - ✔✔February 20, 2003 How has HIPAA impacted the Health care industry? - ✔✔- Standardization of transactions to electronic for administrative and financial health care transactions. - Unique health identifiers for employers, health plans,health care providers and individuals - Security standards protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI). What is a covered entity (CE)? - ✔✔Health Plans, Medicare prescription drug card sponsors, health care clearing houses, most health care providers, and Business Associates (BA's). How many Titles is HIPAA divided into? - ✔✔5 titles Identify each Title and define their meaning. - ✔✔Title I - Ensures and enhances insurance access, portability, and renewability for working Americans and their families. -It Increases the ability to get health coverage when starting a new job -It reduces the probability of losing existing health care coverage -It helps workers maintain continuous health coverage when changing jobs -It helps workers purchase health insurance coverage on their own if they lose coverage under an employer's group health plan. Title II - Administrative Simplification defines rules for transactions, privacy, and security. Title II provides information regarding prevention of health care fraud and abuse; administrative simplification; and protecting the privacy and confidentiality of patient records and any other patient identifiable information in any media form. Titles III, IV, and V These 3 titles involve the various regulatory agencies that play a role in the American health care delivery and financing. These titles are: -Tax-related Health Provisions, -Application and Enforcement of Group Health Insurance Requirements, -Revenue offsets Define the acronym IIHI? - ✔✔Individually Identifiable Health Information. Define the acronym PHI? - ✔✔Protected Health information. Define the acronym BA? - ✔✔Business Associate(s) What is HIPAA's definition of a "Small" Business? - ✔✔Those typically having fewer than 50 participants and less than 5 million dollars in revenues. What is Privacy Standards compliance date? - ✔✔April 14,2003. What is the Security Standards compliance date? - ✔✔April 20, 2005. What is the ARRA and when was it signed into law? - ✔✔The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The ARRA and HITECH Act came into legislation at the same time. What is the HITECH Act? - ✔✔The Health Informaton Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. What are the 4 Subtitles of The HITECH Act ? - ✔✔Subtitle A - Promotion of Health Informaiton Technology. Subtitle B - Testing of Health Information Technology Subtitle C - Grants and Loans Funding Subtitle D - Privacy (Web Link for more detailed information: http://www.hipaasurvivalguide.com/hitech-act-text.php HIPAA Provides both Civil and/or Criminal Penalties. Define the Tier A Penalty. - ✔✔Tier A: If the offender did not know and exercised resonable diligence and would not have known that they violated the law a $100 fine for each violation. If the violation is of an identical requirement the fine or prohibition cannot exceed $25,000 per calendar year. [Show More]

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