Show:
LOCS
ETHICS
MARKETING
HIPAA and HiTECH
COMPLIANCE
100
This LOC is initiated when other efforts to manage symptoms are ineffective; intended as a short term level of care.
What is General Inpatient or GIP?
100
A way for the hospice staff to respect patients' autonomy and demonstrate veracity (with displaying professional qualifications and affiliations) is by wearing this item.
What is a name badge?
100
Facility Administrator request 15 free turkeys to give to their staff for the holiday.
What is a request that should be denied? This would be considered a free gift of more than nominal value and may have the perception of requesting something of value in exchange for a continued relationship and referrals. The Administrator may argue that other hospices and or other companies would honor this request. This does not make it appropriate.
100
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPAA?
100
The letters for "CMS" mean this.
What is CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES?
200
This LOC is provided during a period of crisis in which a patient is needed frequent nursing interventions.
What is Continuous Care or CC?
200
The ethical principle based on the duty to cause no harm.
What is Non-maleficence?
200
Facility requesting promotional items from Passages Hospice to put in backpacks to facilities.
What is appropriate as long as the items are of nominal value?
200
Personal Health Information used for Marketing
What is NOT permitted without the patient’s permission under the privacy rule?
200
The letters "QAPI" mean this.
What is QUALITY ASSURANCE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT?
300
This LOC provides a minimum of 8 hours with over half of the hours being nursing care.
What is Continuous Care or CC?
300
An ethical principle appears in the social work code of ethics that does not appear in other health care professions.
What is justice?
300
Facility requesting funding an ice cream social or similar event.
What is appropriate if the expense is reasonable? However, this is also an opportunity to be creative and potentially soliciting ice cream or snacks from a local store or restaurant.
300
Patient Name in Subject line of Emails, Patient Information in Texts, Sharing passwords, Leaving a computer unattended without locking screen
What is not permitted under HIPAA and HiTech law?
300
CMS developed COPS that a hospice company must meet in order to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The letters of "COPS" mean this.
What is Conditions of Participation?
400
This LOC occurs when primary caretaker needs relief.
What is Respite?
400
Advanced directives are a way for patients to maintain self-determination, illustration this principle.
What is autonomy?
400
Can we sponsor a room and/or supplies for a room at a nursing home?
What is not appropriate? The nursing home has regulatory obligations for the room and non-hospice related supplies.
400
Administrative, Technical, and Physical
What are the safeguards for protecting PHI that covered entities are required to maintain?
400
This LAW was put into place to stop impropriety of offering and accepting remuneration/payment if any of the health care organizations purposes is to induce/increase patient referrals.
What is the anti-kickback law?
500
The only LOC that cannot be provided in the home or in an assisted living facility.
What is General Inpatient or GIP?
500
This principle promotes welfare of our patients by providing appropriate care to their needs/circumstances.
What is Beneficence?
500
The room for our patient does not have a TV. Our staff is requesting the purchase of a TV for the patient room.
What is not allowed? A TV in a room is considered a facility obligation. Passages Hospice should not provide a TV but work with facility to have one in the room. If our staff member is so inclined, the staff person can make a personal donation. However, it has to be very clear that this is an individual donation and not Passages Hospice.
500
500 or more individuals
What is the required amount of individuals affected in a breach of HIPAA data according to the HITECH Act that needs to be reported to HHS and the media, in addition to notifying the affected individuals?
500
Passages Hospice has a "Compliance hotline" This is to reinforce that "Our reputation of high ethical standards is our top priority" and give employees the opportunity to "Speak up if you encounter a situation that violates our company standards or laws." This hotline is provided by this third party vendor.
What is Ethical Advocate?