HIPAA violation quiz

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This is the amount of time elapsed since the date of occurrence in which it is permissible to report violation of the privacy rule

180 days

Under the breech notification rules the covered entity is required to submit ____ logs of protected health information (PHI)breached to the secretary of HHS

Annual

This is a security-relevant chronological record that provides documentary evidence of the sequence of activities that have impacted a specific operation, procedure, or event

Audit Trail

A change or action implemented to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity to HIPAA Rules

Corrective action

This federal office enforces the HIPAA Privacy standards

OCR

an exception to the right of privacy rule includes which of the following diagnoses?

child abuse

Criminal penalties for the violation of HIPAA Rules can involve as much as 100,000 in fines and 2 years in prison if an offense is committed under false pretenses

false

Under normal circumstances, a patient does not have the right to obtain a copy of his or her confidential health information

false

your nurse may legally discuss your medical condition with your sister

false

Upcoming, split billing and altering medical records in order to receive increased payment are all examples of

fraud

Is it a violation of HIPAA for a covered entity to report information about causes of cancer to the state cancer registry?

no

while working at the hospital, you overhear a coworkers phone conversation she is discussing confidential information with someone you think is her sister you should...

report your suspicions to your supervisor

Penalties for HIPAA violation are

tiered

For HIPAA violations, there are criminal penalties of as much as 250,000 in fines and 10 years in prison if an offense is committed with the intent to sell, transfer or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm.

true

Under HIPAA the individual patient has the right to request to amend his/her health record

true

after signing an authorization for release of patient information, the patient can revoke it

true

documentation regarding patient information should be ideally disposed of by burning or by using a shredding device

true

failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties

true

nurses having a conversation about a patient in a public area where the conversation can be overheard is a HIPAA violation

true

under HIPAA, criminal penalties of as much as 50,000 in fines and 1 year in prison are in effect for covered entities that knowingly and illegal obtain or disclose identifiable health information

true

An emergency room physician may legally discuss your treatment in front of your friends when you ask your friend to come into the treatment room

yes


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