HIPAA

Question 1

HIPAA Stands For

Answer 1

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 2

What is HIPAA?

Answer 2

The clinician NOT sharing protective personal information with other who do not need to know.

Question 3

What is an example of a breach of HIPAA?

Answer 3

A doctors office having you write your name down on an unsupervised paper to sign in, as others can see personal information of yours.

Question 4

When discussing our therapy sessions what can we NOT mention?

Answer 4

Their name, personal medical information, and any protected personal information.

Question 5

FERPA

Answer 5

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: unless we, as their clinician, sign the document given, personal information on that patient can not be given.

Question 6

Consent

Answer 6

Parental/guardian signed consent is needed for who can have their information. It does not matter if it is their previous doctor or therapist.