HIPAA, EEOC, HR

Question 1

HIPAA is the acronym for the ________ of 1996.

Answer 1

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Question 2

PHI is _______

Answer 2

Protected Health Information

Question 3

Sign in sheets should do which of the following?
a.) Should be easily read
b.) Should not include SS #’s
c.) Should not include private information
d.) All of the above

Answer 3

d.) All of the above

Question 4

Which federal agency regulates the standards of eyeglasses and contact lenses?

Answer 4

ANSI

Question 5

Which federal agency regulates the safety in the workplace?

Answer 5

OSHA

Question 6

Which federal agency is the only federal agency with both consumer protection and competition jurisdiction?

Answer 6

FTC

Question 7

The primary function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is to _______

Answer 7

Protect the employee against discrimination

Question 8

Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The federal laws prohibiting job discrimination are: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which does what?

Answer 8

It prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Question 9

Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) does what?

Answer 9

It protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based waged discrimination.

Question 10

Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) does what?

Answer 10

It protects individual who are 40 years of age or older.

Question 11

Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) does what?

Answer 11

It prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector and in state and local governments.

Question 12

Title VII’s broad prohibitions against sex discrimination specifically cover what with regard to sexual harassment?

Answer 12

It prohibits practices ranging from direct requests for sexual favors to workplace conditions that create a hostile environment for persons of either gender, including same sex harassment.

Question 13

True or false: In order to avoid sexual harassment claims, each business should have in place a policy statement about sexual harassment, describing exactly what constitutes any type of sexual harassment.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

In order to prevent sexual harassment, a business should:
a.) Establish a clear, written policy on sexual harassment
b.) Provide appropriate assurances of confidentiality for victims
c.) Forbid retaliation.
d.) Include a complaint procedure
e.) All of the above

Answer 14

e.) All of the above

Question 15

Pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions ______

Answer 15

must be treated in the same way as other temporary illnesses or conditions

Question 16

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cover all private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions that employ ____ or more individuals

Answer 16

15

Question 17

The _____ allows for eligible employees to be granted up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period.

Answer 17

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Question 18

Agencies that govern the equal employment rights of employees include:
a.) US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
b.) Office of Civil Rights
c.) US Department of Labor
d.) All of the above

Answer 18

d.) All of the above

Question 19

______ establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.

Answer 19

OSHA

Question 20

True or False: Since the ABO is a national certifying organization, anyone who is certified by the ABO can practice as an optician in a licensed state even if they are not licensed in the particular state.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

_____ is a federal agency that oversees the production and approval of both food and drug products.

Answer 21

The FDA

Question 22

TPO (Treatment, Payment, or healthcare Operations) is all of the following except:
a.) files
b.) patient records
c.) phone
d.) FDA

Answer 22

d.) FDA

Question 23

Reasonable safeguards mean that a business must take safeguards to protect private information. One way to remind employees would be ____.
a.) Threaten them
b.) Assumes that they will remember the rules because, after all, they are adults.
c.) Post notices to employees to maintain patient confidentiality
d.) Have them sign a document regarding sexual harassment

Answer 23

c.) Post notices to employees to maintain patient confidentiality

Question 24

The minimum necessary standard does not apply to disclosures, including oral disclosures, _____

Answer 24

Among health care providers for treatment purposes

Question 25

Being compliant with HIPAA requires what?

Answer 25

Protecting the privacy of health care information by setting standards for privacy and security of individually identifiable information

Question 26

The minimum necessary rule states what?

Answer 26

A practice may only use, disclose, or ask for the minimum amount of PHI necessary to accomplish any task, in or out of office.

Question 27

True or false: Covered health care provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse can be a business associate of another covered entity.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

In order to share information with another office, you must:
a.) Have the office sign a contract of confidentiality
b.) Have the owner of the practices sign a contract of confidentiality
c.) Have the patient sign an information release form
d.) All of the above

Answer 28

c.) Have the patient sign an information release form