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HIPAA Basics Question and answers already passed HIPAA Basics Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct answer was passed by Congress in 1996 to protect patients' personal health information. HIPAA is an acronym that stands for _____. - correct answer Health I...

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HIPAA Basics
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct answer
✔was passed by Congress in 1996 to protect patients' personal health
information.


HIPAA is an acronym that stands for _____. - correct answer ✔Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


HIPAA provides for which of the following?
-portability of health insurance
-privacy of health information
-security of electronic health information
-all the above - correct answer ✔all the above


Which of the following administers HIPAA? - correct answer ✔Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS)


Protected Health Information (PHI) - correct answer ✔Any identifiable health
information in any form—written, electronic, or verbal—is protected by the
Privacy Rule. With few exceptions, this information is restricted against
release or use without patient authorization, other than for the purposes of
treatment, payment, and certain healthcare operations.


Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) - correct answer ✔Electronic
PHI is any identifiable patient data that is either stored or transmitted in
electronic form.

, HIPAA identifies a variety of providers as covered entities, who must comply
with the regulations: - correct answer ✔Health plans -Any company or group
that pays for medical care. Examples include Medicare; Medicaid; Health
Plans (medical, dental, vision, prescription); HMOs; and self-funded plans by
groups and businesses (except plans with less than 50 participants that are
administered by the employer).


Healthcare providers -Any provider (hospital, doctor, dentist, pharmacy) that
electronically transmits health information for transactions.


Healthcare clearinghouses -Organizations that process certain health
information (such as converting diagnostic and treatment information into
electronic bills).


business associate - correct answer ✔A business that provides services to a
covered entity and may come into contact with PHI


The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
(HITECH) Act of 2009 - correct answer ✔included the requirement that
business associates comply with HIPAA to the same extent as covered
entities. The federal government finalized these new rules through a set of
regulations known as the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, which came into effect
on September 23, 2013.


Covered entities under HIPAA include which of the following?
-healthcare providers
-health insurance companies
-pharmacies
-all the above - correct answer ✔all the above


What does PHI stand for? - correct answer ✔Protected Health Information

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