HIPAA, EEOC, HR Flashcards

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HIPAA is the acronym for the ________ of 1996.

A

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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2
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PHI is _______

A

Protected Health Information

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3
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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

A

d.) All of the above

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4
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Which federal agency regulates the standards of eyeglasses and contact lenses?

A

ANSI

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5
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Which federal agency regulates the safety in the workplace?

A

OSHA

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

A

FTC

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

A

Protect the employee against discrimination

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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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.

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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.

A

True

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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

A

e.) All of the above

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Pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions ______

A

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

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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

17
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The _____ allows for eligible employees to be granted up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period.

A

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

18
Q

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

A

d.) All of the above

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

20
Q

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.

21
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_____ is a federal agency that oversees the production and approval of both food and drug products.

22
Q

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

23
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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

A

c.) Post notices to employees to maintain patient confidentiality

24
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The minimum necessary standard does not apply to disclosures, including oral disclosures, _____

A

Among health care providers for treatment purposes

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Being compliant with HIPAA requires what?
Protecting the privacy of health care information by setting standards for privacy and security of individually identifiable information
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The minimum necessary rule states what?
A practice may only use, disclose, or ask for the minimum amount of PHI necessary to accomplish any task, in or out of office.
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True or false: Covered health care provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse can be a business associate of another covered entity.
True
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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
c.) Have the patient sign an information release form