Exam 17: Privacy in the Physicians Office

The best method of patient identification is a:

A complainant is the person about whom a complaint is registered.

The patient's own information that pertains to his or her health is called __________ health information.

Both covered entities and business associates can discuss a patient's bill with a person other than the patient to obtain reimbursement.

Patients' rights are the heart of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

The __________ of the record owns it, not the patient.

A notice of privacy practices is not required in a(n) __________ situation.

Patients have a right to notification of a facility's privacy practices.

Individuals or organizations that perform or assist a covered entity in the performance of a function related to individually identifiable health information are called:

Patients do not have the right to restrict any part of their PHI.

The division of the federal government that enforces privacy standards is the Office for __________.

Which of these is not true about an incidental exposure?

How often are patients entitled to receive an accounting of disclosures of their PHI without charge?

Transmissions of information between two parties to carry out financial or administrative activities related to healthcare are called __________.

The second part of the administrative simplification provision deals with privacy and confidentiality.

Individuals who lose their jobs are automatically eligible for COBRA, no matter what their employment situation.

Some medical offices require patients to sign a(n) __________ annually that proves patients were notified of the privacy policy.

An incidental disclosure is a primary use of health information that could have been prevented.