Exam 4: Hipaa: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

A person who has a privacy complaint can file it with the: A)Food and Drug Administration (FDA). B)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). C)DHHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). D)American Medical Association (AMA).

What elements should be part of a contingency plan designed to protect data in the event of a disaster or emergency?

HIPAA requires that diagnoses and services be reported in a standard, consistent manner; this is accomplished by using uniform: A)claim forms. B)code sets. C)descriptors. D)modifiers.

Healthcare providers who achieve the standards of each HITECH stage by a designated date are eligible for: A)free license renewals as long as they remain in practice. B)Medicare incentive payments. C)Medicaid incentive payments. D)Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments.

The HIPAA Unique Identifiers Rule requires that standard formats be used to identify: A)healthcare providers. B)health insurance plans. C)employers that sponsor health insurance plans. D)all of the above.

Under HIPAA, any information related to patient identity, patient health status, the provision of care, or payment for services is considered __________ .

The electronic transfer of information in a standardized format between trading partners is called __________ .

Describe how protected health information (PHI) may be used by a coroner or medical examiner.

Privacy Compliance Officers should focus their annual training efforts on areas targeted by the OIG for fraud and abuse investigation.

The document used to authorize permission for the release of protected health information (PHI) is the: A)designation for release of medical information form. B)designation of beneficiary form. C)acknowledgment of informed consent form. D)assignment of benefits form.

Describe the types of electronic transactions to which HIPAA rules apply.