Responsibilities Of The Hipaa Security Officer Include
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Which is the most effective mean to store PHI?
Electronic Storage
The HIPAA Privacy Officer is responsible for:
Tracking who has access to PHI
The HIPAA Security Officers are responsible for:
Safeguarding all electronic patient health information
Which are the five areas of DHHS has mandated each covered entity to address so that e-PHI is maintained securely?
Organization requirements; policies, procedures, and documentation; technical safeguards; administrative safeguards; and physical safeguards.
Reasonable physical safeguards for patient care areas include:
Having monitors turned away from viewing by visitors.
To insure minimum opportunity to access data, passwords:
Should be changed every 90 days or sooner.
Investigations of complaints of violations to the Security Rule are under the direction of the:
Office of HIPAA Standards
With the passage of HIPAA, large healthcare providers would be treated with faster service since their volumes of claims is larger than small rural providers.
True
Nursing notes are not considered PHI since they are not physician's notes and therefore are not protected by HIPAA law.
False
It is possible for a first name and zip code to be considered individually identifiable health information (IIHI)
False
In HIPAA usage, TPO stands for Treatment, Payment, and Optional Care.
False
Trading Partner agreements are only for electronic standard transactions.
True
One good requirement to ensure secure access control is to install automatic log off at each workstation.
True
HIPAA seeks to protect individual PHI and discloses that information only when it is in the best interest of the patient.
True
Prescriptions may only be picked up by the patient to protect the privacy of the individuals health information.
False
Faxing PHI is still permitted under HIPAA law.
True
All four parties on a health claim now have unique identifiers.
False
PHI stand for:
Protected Health Information
DHHS stands for:
Department of Health and Human Services
NPO stands for:
Nothing by mouth
Privacy Rule covers disclosure of protected health information (PHI) in any form or media.
True
Only clinical staff need to understand HIPAA law.
False
The HIPAA Privacy Rules gives patients assurance that their personal health information will be treated the same no matter which state or organization receives their medical information
True
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have information on their website to help a HIPAA Security Officer know the required and addressable areas of securing e-PHI.
True
Only a serious security incident is to be documented and measures taken to limit further disclosure.
False
PHI (protected health information) is: A. Any information that identifies an individual with a diagnosis B. Health information created or received by a covered entity. C. Health information related to a physical or mental condition D. All of the above
All of the above
The Privacy Rule for PHI states:
When authorization is needed
Which department would need to help the Security Officer most?
Information Services and Technology.
Consent is defined by HIPPA is for: A. Permission to reveal PHI for payment of services provided to patients. B. Permission to reveal PHI for comprehensive treatment of patient. C. Permission to reveal PHI for normal business operations of the providers facility. D. All the above
All the above
Implementation Guides for the standard transactions may be obtained from the:
Washington Publishing Company
If the HIPAA Office finds that a trading partner that has changed the formatting of a standard transaction, the office may report the partner to:
The Office of E-Health Standards and Services
If the a Office of HIPAA Standards finds noncompliance to the Transaction and Code Set Rule, they will expect to see a move toward compliance and improvement within:
30 days
Access privilege to protected health information is:
What allows an individual to enter a computer system for an authorized purpose
Responsibilities of the HIPAA Security Officer include:
Developing and implementing policies and procedures for the facility
Integrity of e-PHI requires confirmation that the data:
Is accurate and has not been altered, lost, or destroyed in an unauthorized manner
HIPAA training must be provided to:
All workforce employees and non-employees
Questions other people have asked about HIPAA law can be found by searching FAQ at:
American Medical Association website
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has found that the problem with HIPAA Privacy Rule are mainly those that:
Account for the release of PHI
Medical Identity theft is:
Obtaining an individual's SSN from the Internet to use to gain their money
In keeping with the "minimum necessary" policy, an office may leave:
Only the doctors office phone number on voicemail.
When patients "opt-out" of the facility directory, it means:
Their name will not be posted outside the room where they are located
An adopted standard identifier for employees is the:
EIN
Enforcement of the unique identifier is under the direction of:
Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services
Fraud and abuse investigation of HIPAA Privacy Rule is under the direction of:
Office of HIPAA Standard
Acronym for Public Law 104-91
HIPAA
Which is not a responsibility of a HIPAA Officer?
Safeguarding the security of clinical records
PHI has been defined in HIPAA by:
CMS (Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services)
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