HIPAA Lesson 1

Question 1

HIPAA is an acronym for?

Answer 1

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

Question 2

What was the date HIPAA took effect?

Answer 2

August 21, 1996

Question 3

ARRA is an acronym for?

Answer 3

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

Question 4

ASCA is an acronym for?

Answer 4

Administrative Simplification Compliance Act

Question 5

ACA is an acronym for?

Answer 5

Affordable Care Act

Question 6

HITECH is an acronym for?

Answer 6

Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Health Act

Question 7

PSQIA is an acronym for?

Answer 7

Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act

Question 8

______ was one of the first laws to address privacy, security, and standardization of data in the healthcare industry.

Answer 8

HIPAA

Question 9

List the provisions of Title I

Answer 9

1. Healthcare Access - lowers probability that you will lose existing coverage.
2. Portability - eases ability to switch heath plans.
3. Renewability - if you have no coverage, it helps you find it on your own.

Question 10

List the provisions of Title II

Answer 10

1. Prevent healthcare fraud & abuse
2. Medical Liability Reform
3. Administrative Simplification

Question 11

The regulation passed for privacy breach notifications, ICD-10 code sets, and 5010 transaction sets.

Answer 11

ARRA Title XIII (known as HITECH)

Question 12

The regulation that requires all Medicare claims to be submitted electronically.

Answer 12

ASCA

Question 13

The regulation that changed how insurers cover preexisting conditions; also called Obamacare.

1. Requires adoption of operating rules for HIPAA transactions.
2. Establishes a unique, standard Health Plan Identifier for each patient
3. Requires standardization of electronic funds transfer

Answer 13

ACA

Question 14

The regulation that expands protection to patient information to include companies who do business with covered entities.

Answer 14

ARRA/HITECH Omnibus Rule Making (HIPAA Title VII)

Question 15

The regulation which allows providers to protect patient health information when reporting medical error information to oversight agencies.

Answer 15

PSQIA

Question 16

The goal of ____________ is to protect the exchange/flow of health information data, keep it safe, and make it more efficient.

Answer 16

Administrative Simplification

Question 17

_______ addresses fraud, abuse, tax issues, and portability within our healthcare industry.

Answer 17

HIPAA

Question 18

List the three goals of HIPAA.

Answer 18

1. Standardize electronic exchange of information
2. Prevent fraud
3. Protect patient privacy

Question 19

The 1996 federal law that addresses healthcare waste, fraud, and portability.

Answer 19

HIPAA

Question 20

This law changed how insurers cover preexisting conditions; also called Obamacare.

Answer 20

ACA

Question 21

Who created the standards in the Administrative Simplification portion of the HIPAA law?

Answer 21

Congress did and failed to develop the standards in 24 months, so the responsibility fail on the HHS.

Question 22

Who has to worry about HIPAA compliance?

Answer 22

All covered entities (healthcare providers, healthcare plans, and healthcare clearinghouses).

Question 23

Helps workers maintain continuous health coverage.

Answer 23

Title I of HIPAA

Question 24

How much of every healthcare dollar is spent on administrative overhead in our current healthcare system?

Answer 24

20 cents

Question 25

What are the names of the three main bodies of standards, or Rules, of HIPAA’s Title II, Administrative Simplification?

Answer 25

Privacy, Security, and Transaction & Code Sets