Code of Conduct Basics
This document outlines the organization's expectations for professional behavior and ethical decision-making.
What is the Code of Conduct?
This type of information includes names, birthdays, medical record numbers, and photos.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
This type of conflict occurs when personal interests interfere with professional duties.
What is conflict of interest?
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This type of attack uses fake emails pretending to be legitimate organziations.
What is phishing?
This term refers to doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
What is integrity?
The minimum amount of information needed to complete a task is known as this.
What is the "minimum necessary" rule?
Providing services that are not medically necessary is considered this type of improper practice.
What is abuse and waste?
Maintaining accurate logs and documentation supports this element of compliance
What is accountability?
You should NEVER share this even with IT staff.
What is your password?
Employees must report concerns in good faith without fear of this.
Megan Vylonis, LMFT, CHC, CHPC
Who is the Privacy Officer for BHRS?
Submitting claims for appointments that did not occur is considered this serious form of misconduct.
What is fraud?
A vendor offers a gift in exchange for referrals. This may violate this law.
What is the Anti-Kickback Statute?
Using public Wi-Fi to access member records without protection creates this risk.
What is unauthorized access?
Monica Salazar, LMFT, CHPC, CCEP
Who is the Compliance Officer for BHRS?
The abbreviation of HIPAA means this.
Policy number 40.1.102
What is the Code of Ethics Policy?
This federal program is the largest payer for behavioral health services in the U.S. and a major focus of compliance oversight.
What is Medicaid?
What is encryption?
Failing to report a known Code violation may result in this.
What is disciplinary action?
A breach is presumed to have occurred unless this type of assessment proves a low probability of compromise.
What is a risk assessment?
This ethical principle means putting member well-being first.
What is beneficence?
The 7 elements of an effective compliance program come from guidance issued by this federal office.
What is the Office of Inspector General (OIG)?
The biggest cybersecurity risk to PHI in healthcare is typically this factor.
What is human error?