CQ: HIPAA, Violations and Penalties

Select the best answer: Which of these is an example of an incidental disclosure?

A person on the other side of a closed curtain overhears a doctor talking about a diagnosis.

Select the best answer: While faxing protected health information (PHI) to another facility, a healthcare worker hits a wrong number on the keypad and sends it to the wrong facility. Which type of privacy disclosure is this?

Accidental disclosure

Select the best answer: Which of these is a type of penalty for a HIPAA violation?

Civil monetary penalty

Select the best answer: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) discovers that a facility is not allowing anyone but staff to access patient protected health information (PHI). They do not allow patients to access their own PHI. Which common compliance issue is this?

Not enough patient access to their own PHI for people receiving care

Not in 2024 healthstreams Select the best answer: Sometimes incorrectly sharing personal health information (PHI) is not considered a breach. Which of these would not be a breach?

Sharing PHI in good faith

Fill in the blank: A breach of protected health information (PHI) is when _______________.

There is an unpermitted use or disclosure of PHI