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PRIVACY ACT AND HIPAA CLINICAL REFRESHER QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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Under HIPAA, a covered entity (CE) is defined as: Correct Answer All of the above Under HIPAA, a CE is a health plan, a health care clearinghouse, or a health care provider engaged in standard elec ... tronic transactions covered by HIPAA. The minimum necessary standard: Correct Answer All of the above The minimum necessary standard limits uses, disclosures, and requests for PHI to the minimum necessary amount of PHI needed to carry out the intended purposes of the use or disclosure. The minimum necessary standard does not apply to disclosures to, or requests by, a health care provider for treatment purposes. It also does not apply to uses or disclosures made to the individual or pursuant to the individual's authorization. Which of the following would be considered PHI? Correct Answer An individual's first and last name and the medical diagnosis in a physician's progress report The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to which of the following? Correct Answer All of the above The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to PHI that is transmitted or maintained by a covered entity or a business associate in any form or medium. Which of the following statements about the HIPAA Security Rule are true? Correct Answer All of the above The HIPAA Security Rule: Established a national set of standards for the protection of PHI that is created, received, maintained, or transmitted in electronic media by a HIPAA CE or BA; protects ePHI; and addresses three types of safeguards - administrative, technical and physical - that must be in place to secure individuals' ePHI. The HIPAA Security Rule applies to which of the following: Correct Answer PHI transmitted electronically Which of the following are fundamental objectives of information security? Correct Answer All of the above Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability are the fundamental objectives of health information security and the HIPAA Security Rule requires covered entities and business associates to protect against threats and hazards to these objectives. Technical safeguards are: Correct Answer Information technology and the associated policies and procedures that are used to protect and control access to ePHI [Show More]

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