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A series of questions and answers related to hipaa (health insurance portability and accountability act) compliance. It covers various aspects of hipaa, including its main goals, the definition of protected health information (phi), the privacy rule, the security rule, and administrative simplification. The document also addresses topics such as business associate agreements, transaction standards, and national identifiers. It serves as a study guide or quick reference for individuals seeking to understand hipaa regulations and compliance requirements, offering insights into the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards necessary to protect health information. This material is useful for healthcare professionals, administrators, and anyone involved in handling protected health information.
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What is the main goal of HIPAA? - correct answer ✅To fight waste in the healthcare industry What makes health information Protected Health Information (PHI)? - correct answer ✅It can be used to identify an individual What National Identifier has the government delayed indefinitely? - correct answer ✅National Health Identifier For Individuals What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule intent? - correct answer ✅To lay the foundation for standardized, national protections. What kind of disclosure is PHI that had been disclosed to the individual that is subject of the information? - correct answer ✅Required disclosure What are covered entities required to provide for their patients? - correct answer ✅A notice of privacy practices regarding their protected health information
What is the correct term for regular review of security practices? - correct answer ✅Risk management What percentage of respondents told the Computer Security Institute that they had averted security threats within the previous year? - correct answer ✅92% What are the documented policies and procedures that organizations need to have in place to comply with the Security Rule? - correct answer ✅Administrative safeguards How do the Privacy Rule & Security Rule overlap? - correct answer ✅The privacy rule requires physical safeguards for all protected health information, while the security rule focuses on physical safeguards for electronic protected health information What's a business associate agreement? - correct answer ✅An agreement made between a covered entity and a business associate to protected health information
What are the names of the three main bodies of standards, or rules, of HIPAA's title II administrative simplification? - correct answer ✅Privacy, security, and transaction and codes sets What is one of the functions of HIPAA's Title II? - correct answer ✅Promotes lower overhead costs for trading Electronic information What is the main goal of HIPAA? - correct answer ✅Administrative simplification What Hyppa related law addresses privacy breach notifications, ICD-10 code sets, and 5010 transaction standards? - correct answer ✅American recovery and reinvestment act (ARRA) Title XIII (HITECH) What a covered entity (CE)? - correct answer ✅A healthcare provider, Health Plan, or healthcare clearinghouse that treats and diagnoses patients and that submits data electronically
What's the correct name for an organization that handles protected health information and perform services on behalf of a health plan, provider, or clearinghouse but isn't a member of that entity's workforce? - correct answer ✅Business associate (BA) Who developed the transaction standards used for electronic data interchange? - correct answer ✅Accredited standards committee (ASC) X Which national identifier would you use to identify atypical providers, such as a non-emergency transport company? - correct answer ✅Other entity identifier (OEID) Which HIPAA standard transaction is used for both a request and a response? - correct answer ✅278 certification and authorization of referrals Which code set must you use to code diagnosis (beginning no sooner than October 1, 2015)? - correct answer ✅ICD-10-CM