Health insurance narrows down undesirable events to------
What is illness and injury
100
The HIPAA legislation was signed into law in
What is 1996
100
The federal healthcare program for the elderly and certain qualifying others
What is Medicare
100
Before medical information can be divulged to a third party, the patient should sign a/an
What is a written consent form or a release of medical information form
100
Elements of a legal contract include
What is consideration, offer and acceptance, competent parties
200
Many employed individuals obtain healthcare coverage through
What is a group plan
200
In compliance with HIPAA, when patients visit their healthcare providers for treatment, they are given a/an
What is a privacy statement
200
The combined federal and state healthcare program for indigent and low-income individuals
What is Medicaid
200
Actuaries use statistics to predict anticipated healthcare costs, which establish
What premiums
200
In contract law the "thing of value" that each party gives to the other is the
What is consideration
300
The groups of people that are typically without health insurance include-----
Who are part time employees, people in low-wage jobs, persons employed by small firms who do not or cannot offer healthcare
300
The acronym for the congressional act that circumvents problems such as preexisting conditions is
What is HIPAA
300
This is NOT a Medicare question.....
failure to exercise a reasonable degree of care is a definition of
What is negligence
300
An authorization to release information should contain all of the following information
What is the patient's name, patient's signature and a description of the information to be released
300
The type of contract that exists between a healthcare provider and a patient is a/an
What is implied contract
400
The state that recently implemented a new law to cover its uninsured population
What is Massachusetts
400
The office of Inspector General recommends all medical facilities have a
What is a HIPAA compliance plan
400
The act that made Medicare benefits secondary to employer group health plans for employees (or spouses) older than 65
What is the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
400
When a health insurance professional intentionally and knowingly misrepresents facts to increase payment of a claim, it is commonly known as
What is fraud
400
Upcoding and unbundling of charges are examples of
What is healthcare fraud
500
The situation in which patients pay a certain portion of healthcare costs (e.g. deductible and co-payment) is called
What is cost sharing
500
When two patients recognize each other in a medical practice's reception area, HIPAA refers to this as a/an
What is an incidental disclosure
500
The "graying of America" refers to those who are
What is age 65 or older
500
The primary objectives of HIPAA are to
What is to ensure health insurance portability, reduce healthcare fraud/abuse, enforce standards for health information, protect the privacy of patient information
500
When certain precise steps are NOT followed when a physician terminates the patient/doctor contract it is called