HIPPA

Question 1

HIPAA regulations

Answer 1

• protect individuals’ rights to privacy and confidentiality

- ensure security of electronic transfer of personal info

Question 2

Genetic advancements

Answer 2

Ensures that an individual is not denied insurance b/c the company knows they have developed a disease

Question 3

Marketing

Answer 3

Prevents marketing of unsolicited products or services based on harvested marketing data

Question 4

Technology

Answer 4

Standards will hold violators accountable for accidental or intensional interception of personal health info (PHI)

Question 5

How often?

Answer 5

Certificate of compliance received at the end o the program will be sufficient until new or updated policies are developed

Question 6

What is accomplished for patients?

Answer 6

• gives patients more control over their health info
• set boundaries on the use and disclosure of health records
• est safeguards

Question 7

PHI or PMI

Answer 7

Protected health info or protected medical info is the data that would identify the patient

Question 8

PO

Answer 8

Privacy officer; every facility will have an employee who is responsible for enforcing this law

Question 9

CE

Answer 9

Covered entity; includes any health plan, healthcare provider, and any company

Question 10

Release/disclosure

Answer 10

Describes the release o PHI to other CEs for TPO, treatment, or payment

Question 11

AOD

Answer 11

Accounting of disclosure; patient has the right to have AODs for his PHI

Question 12

Directory

Answer 12

CE’s census or list of patients used to direct visitors

Question 13

7 patient rights

Answer 13

1. Receive notice of an agency’s private practice
2. Know that an agency will use PHI only for treatment, payment, and TPO
3. Consent to and control the use and disclosure of their PHI
4. Access to PHI
5. Request amendment to PHI
6. Receive accountings of disclosures
7. File privacy complaints to agency officer

Question 14

Restrictions of sharing PHI

Answer 14

Personal info can’t be released to individuals or companies interested in marketing ventures without patient’s written consent
- should be shared with as few people as needed and only to the extent o their role

Question 15

Protection of PHI

Answer 15

• don’t allow conversations about PHI to be overheard
• don’t let others see computer screen
• use patient initials only
• don’t photo duplicate or fax patient documents

Question 16

Destroying PHI

Answer 16

Use a paper shredder (Don’t put in recycling bins)

Question 17

Consequences

Answer 17

Violates Nursing Code of Ethics, TX Board of Nurse Examiners Standard of Practice, and school of nursing’s academic and scholarly policies
LEGAL: civil or criminal penalties, fines, imprisonment
PROFESSIONAL: disciplinary action by the Board of Nurse Examiners
ACADEMIC: reprimands, loss of points toward grades, dismissal from school of nursing

Question 18

What is HIPAA

Answer 18

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• passed by congress in 1996
• regulation promulgated by the Dept of Health and Human Services
• guidelines implemented in April 2003