HAN 335: midterm questions with
complete solutions
confidentiality is likely to be lost in return for - correct answer ✔✔-insurance coverage
-employment opportunity
-your application for gov benefits
-investigation of health and safety at worksite
exceptions to obligation for confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔-patient threatens to harm themselves,
or others
-when required by law (suspected abuse, disease)
conflict - correct answer ✔✔when the desire to benefit the patient and refrain from harming the patient
is in conflict with the duty to prevent harm to others or society
HIPAA - correct answer ✔✔health insurance portability and accountability act
a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient
with control over how this information is used and distributed
*who is covered by hipaa privacy rule?* - correct answer ✔✔covered entities
what are covered entities - correct answer ✔✔- health plan
- health care clearinghouse
- health care provider who transmits any health information in EMR
health plan - correct answer ✔✔individual or group plan that provides or pays the cost of medical care
, (insurance plan)
health care clearinghouse - correct answer ✔✔public or private entity that processes or facilitates the
processing nonstandard data elements of health information into standard data elements
middleman between health plan and health care provider
"medical claims"
health care providers - correct answer ✔✔every healthcare provider, regardless of size, who
electronically transmits health information
health information - correct answer ✔✔info, either orally or written, created/received by a healthcare
provider; includes past, present, and future information
examples of individually identifiable health information - correct answer ✔✔name
address
SSN
phone number
protected health information - correct answer ✔✔any individually identifiable health information
health info can be "de-identified" with either formal determination by qualified statistician, or removal
of identifiable info
HIPAA excludes - correct answer ✔✔- employment records that a covered entity maintains
- education and certain other records subject to FERPA (family educational rights and privacy act)
de-indentified health information - correct answer ✔✔no basis to identify and individual
ways to de-identify:
complete solutions
confidentiality is likely to be lost in return for - correct answer ✔✔-insurance coverage
-employment opportunity
-your application for gov benefits
-investigation of health and safety at worksite
exceptions to obligation for confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔-patient threatens to harm themselves,
or others
-when required by law (suspected abuse, disease)
conflict - correct answer ✔✔when the desire to benefit the patient and refrain from harming the patient
is in conflict with the duty to prevent harm to others or society
HIPAA - correct answer ✔✔health insurance portability and accountability act
a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient
with control over how this information is used and distributed
*who is covered by hipaa privacy rule?* - correct answer ✔✔covered entities
what are covered entities - correct answer ✔✔- health plan
- health care clearinghouse
- health care provider who transmits any health information in EMR
health plan - correct answer ✔✔individual or group plan that provides or pays the cost of medical care
, (insurance plan)
health care clearinghouse - correct answer ✔✔public or private entity that processes or facilitates the
processing nonstandard data elements of health information into standard data elements
middleman between health plan and health care provider
"medical claims"
health care providers - correct answer ✔✔every healthcare provider, regardless of size, who
electronically transmits health information
health information - correct answer ✔✔info, either orally or written, created/received by a healthcare
provider; includes past, present, and future information
examples of individually identifiable health information - correct answer ✔✔name
address
SSN
phone number
protected health information - correct answer ✔✔any individually identifiable health information
health info can be "de-identified" with either formal determination by qualified statistician, or removal
of identifiable info
HIPAA excludes - correct answer ✔✔- employment records that a covered entity maintains
- education and certain other records subject to FERPA (family educational rights and privacy act)
de-indentified health information - correct answer ✔✔no basis to identify and individual
ways to de-identify:
