Chapter 8- Privacy Law And HIPAA

Question 1

Code Set

Answer 1

Any set of codes used to encode data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnostic codes, or medical procedure codes. Includes the codes and the description of the codes.

Question 2

Covered Entities

Answer 2

People, businesses, or agencies that must comply with the HIPAA standards and privacy rules.

Question 3

Covered Transaction

Answer 3

Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.

Question 4

De-identify

Answer 4

To remove from health care transactions all information that identifies patient.

Question 5

Designated Record Set

Answer 5

Records maintained by or for a HIPAA- covered entity.

Question 6

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Answer 6

The use of uniform electronic network protocols (formats) to transfer business information between organizations.

Question 7

Encryption

Answer 7

The scrambling or encoding of information before sending it electronically.

Question 8

Firewalls

Answer 8

Hardware, software, or both designed to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing electronic information.

Question 9

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 9

All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

Question 10

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Answer 10

A federal law passed in 1996 to protect privacy and other health care rights for patients.

Question 11

HIPPA Standard One

Answer 11

Transactions and Code Sets. Transactions- transmission of information between two parties for financial or administrative activities. Code Sets- Under HIPAA, terms that provide for uniformity and simplification of health care billing and record keeping.

Question 12

HIPAA Standard Two

Answer 12

Privacy Rule

Question 13

HIPAA Standard Three

Answer 13

Security Rule. Security- policies and procedures that protect PHI from unauthorized access.

Question 14

HIPAA Standard Four

Answer 14

National Identifier Standards

Question 15

Limited Data Set

Answer 15

Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed.

Question 16

Minimum Necessary

Answer 16

The limited amount of patient information that may be disclosed, depending on circumstances.

Question 17

Ninth Amendment

Answer 17

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Question 18

Notice of Privacy Practices

Answer 18

A written document detailing a health care providers’s privacy practices.

Question 19

Permission

Answer 19

A reason under HIPAA for disclosing patient information.

Question 20

Privacy

Answer 20

Freedom from unauthorized intrusion.

Question 21

Protected Health Information

Answer 21

Any information about health status, provision of healthcare or payment for health care that is created or collected by a covered entity.

Question 22

State Preemption

Answer 22

A states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards, the state laws take precedence.

Question 23

Transaction

Answer 23

Transmission of information between two parties for financial or administrative activities.