HIPAA Basics
Provides federal protections for personal health information.
What is the Privacy Rule of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
PHI stands for this.
Protected Health Information
(the "P" is often mistaken as PRIVATE)
Those required to have HIPAA compliance training.
Who is each person who handles PHI?
Unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of PHI that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the data.
What is a HIPAA breach?
The amount of PHI necessary to accomplish the intended task to be used or disclosed.
What is "minimum use necessary" rule?
HIPAA stands for this...
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
(Note: the "I" is often mistaken for INFORMATION)
A person's name, date of birth, address and phone number.
What is a patient identifer?
Upon hire, then annually, and as needed.
What is how often is HIPAA compliance training conducted?
A patient hears you discussing the neighboring patient's condition between the bays of a busy ER. This is a _______________disclosure.
What is an incidental disclosure?
Sharing your secure computer login and password, login credentials, or ID badges.
What is violates ClaimAid corporate policy, state and federal HIPAA laws?
The primary purpose of HIPAA.
What is to protect the privacy and security of individuals' health information?
An individual’s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition.
What is PHI?
A fun, interactive experience.
What is HIPAA jeopardy?
Looking at your own hospital records.
What is still violates HIPAA?
Most secure method for transmitting PHI via email.
What is encrypted, ClaimAid, email?
In order to access a patient's private information, an advocate must have these two things.
What are Signed Authorizations (AR form) and a Business Purpose?
Written, oral, electronic information that identifies an individual.
What is PHI?
Not paying attention, falling asleep, scrolling your phone, or doodling during HIPAA training will result in...
What is being assigned HIPAA training again?
A patient hears you discussing the neighboring patient's condition between the bays of a busy ER. This is a _______________disclosure.
What is an incidental disclosure?
The most HIPAA-compliant way to dispose of paper records containing PHI.
What is shredding?
The type of health data that is protected by HIPAA.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Slushie Monkey, the tattooed guy, the pregnant lady, the gunshot victim are all examples of.
What are unique Identifiers (which count as PHI)?
Tammy's favorite HIPAA training catch phrase.
What is "just because you can doesn't mean you should?"
The maximum fine that a covered entity could face for a HIPAA violation involving willful neglect, per violation, per year.
What is $1.5 million?
The most common reason HIPAA breaches occur at ClaimAid.
What is miscommunication? Sending to the wrong email, wrong fax number, etc.