Department of Health and Human Services Laws developed to ensure national standards relating to the consistency in the gathering and use of health related information.
What is HIPAA
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability)
100
The 1st step staff are required to take when observing or discovering a possible incident.
What is ensure the safety of the individual.
100
A system which is designed to prevent, detect and respond to misconduct committed by employees and other agents.
What is Corporate Compliance.
100
The way in which an animal or person acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus.
What is a behavior.
100
This is the first line of defense against the spread of disease.
What is Handwashing.
200
Your Medicaid Number is an example of
What is Protected Health Information
(PHI)
200
Any action, inaction or lack of attention that results in or is likely to result in physical injury or serious or protracted impairment of the physical, mental or emotional condition of a service recipient.
What is Abuse (Neglect)
200
The primary responsibility of maintaining compliance within Community Options depends upon.
What is (Who is) Everyone.
200
This should be your 1st thought that comes to mind when witnessing a new or challenging behavior.
What is Medical.
200
Often a workplace hazard for those working in direct care, this disease producing organism can enter the body directly or indirectly.
What is a pathogen.
300
The reasonable effort to use, disclose, or to request only the minimum amount of protected health information required to achieve the purpose of the particular use of disclosure.
What is The Minimum Necessary Rule
300
An Incident that does not rise to the level of state reporting but contains information that should be captured to identify trends or changes in an individual's behavior.
What is an Internal Event.
300
This is Community Options' National Corporate Compliance Officer.
What is (Who is) Lisa Smith.
300
A causative factor that might elicit screaming and stomping ones feet during half-time at the B-Sens game.
What is an external antecedent.
300
An example of this is a pair of latex gloves.
What is Personal Protective Equipment.
400
Concerns or questions regarding the release of protected health information should be directed to this staff member at the local Community Options offices.
What is (who is) the Privacy Officer.
400
All staff must assume this role when witnessing or discovering an allegation of abuse.
What is a Mandated Reporter.
400
This Federal Agency was designed to assist in the detection of fraudulent business practices.
What is OMIG or the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
400
A position held in regard to a person, group or thing.
What is an attitude.
400
Assisting and Individual with laundry may result in this type of a workplace exposure.
What is an indirect exposure.
500
A minimum standard of safeguards required by law to protect personal identifiable health information or PHI.
What are The HIPAA Privacy Rules.
500
This report must be completed and filed with OPWDD, for all reportable and serious reportable incidents occuring in an OPWDD certified program setting.
What is a 147 Reportable Incident Form
500
This New York State Law was enacted to protect employees that detect and report possible fraudulent activity.
What is the False Claims Act or Whistleblower's Protection Act.
500
This is the key to successful behavior management or modification.
What is consistency.
500
An approach that assumes all blood and bodily fluids are infectious.