HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) Flashcards
HIPAA only applies to health care providers who engage in covered transactions on behalf of clients with ?
third party electronically (i.e. send records to get paid to an insurance company electronically)
What can be released without a release/consent to the insurance company?
Medical records, psychotherapy records, treatment notes
What is written in “Psychotherapy NOTES”?
client’s secrets, disclosures, verbatim comments, therapist’s reflection
Psychotherapy Notes are kept separately from?
separately from medical records
Psychotherapy Notes are not released/provided to ?
client or subpoena
HIPAA privacy rule gives patients 5 rights.
1. The right to request ? of their protected health information.
- certain uses and disclosures
HIPAA privacy rule gives patients 5 rights.
2. The right to receive ?
- confidential communications from providers.
HIPAA privacy rule gives patients 5 rights.
3. The right to inspect and receive a copy of their?
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
HIPAA privacy rule gives patients 5 rights.
4. The right to ? their PHI
- amend
HIPAA privacy rule gives patients 5 rights.
5. The right to receive a paper copy of ?
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Notice of Privacy Practices must be given to clients when?
on or before the first time they receive treatment.
A copy of the Notice of Privacy Practices must be posted on ?
therapist’s office and website
Therapist must receive some form of ? from client when giving Notice of Privacy Practices to client.
written acknowledgement
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
1. how the therapist will use and disclose?
client’s PHI
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
2. describe how therapists protects information under?
privacy Rule
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
3. specify circumstances when ?
exceptions to confidentiality happens
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
4. describe the uses and disclosures that are allowed for ? 3 purposes
treatment, payment, health care operation purposes
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
5. describe the rights that clients have with respect to ?
their PHI
Notice of Privacy Practices must include:
6. notify clients of how they may obtain ?
access to their PHI
HIPAA mandates covered entities be “enumerated” - what does this mean?
a therapist must obtain National provider Identifier (NPI). this replaces Tax ID or SSN.
