HIPAA, EEOC, HR Flashcards
HIPAA is the acronym for the ________ of 1996.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
PHI is _______
Protected Health Information
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
d.) All of the above
Which federal agency regulates the standards of eyeglasses and contact lenses?
ANSI
Which federal agency regulates the safety in the workplace?
OSHA
Which federal agency is the only federal agency with both consumer protection and competition jurisdiction?
FTC
The primary function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is to _______
Protect the employee against discrimination
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?
It prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) does what?
It protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based waged discrimination.
Different federal laws provide for protection against various types of discrimination. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) does what?
It protects individual who are 40 years of age or older.
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?
It prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector and in state and local governments.
Title VII’s broad prohibitions against sex discrimination specifically cover what with regard to sexual harassment?
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.
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.
True
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
e.) All of the above
Pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions ______
must be treated in the same way as other temporary illnesses or conditions
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
15
The _____ allows for eligible employees to be granted up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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
d.) All of the above
______ establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
OSHA
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.
False
_____ is a federal agency that oversees the production and approval of both food and drug products.
The FDA
TPO (Treatment, Payment, or healthcare Operations) is all of the following except:
a.) files
b.) patient records
c.) phone
d.) FDA
d.) FDA
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
c.) Post notices to employees to maintain patient confidentiality
The minimum necessary standard does not apply to disclosures, including oral disclosures, _____
Among health care providers for treatment purposes
Being compliant with HIPAA requires what?
Protecting the privacy of health care information by setting standards for privacy and security of individually identifiable information
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.
True or false: Covered health care provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse can be a business associate of another covered entity.
True
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
