PTP FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False: HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -
Answers :True
True or False: The goal of HIPAA is to allow facilities to establish their own policies and
procedures for the protection of "protected health information". - Answers :False
What is the goal of HIPAA? - Answers :To establish a set of national standards for the
protection of certain health information. It addresses the use and disclosure of
individuals PHI.
True or False: Under HIPAA the covered entities include health plans, health care
providers, health care clearinghouses, and health care surrogates. - Answers :False
What are covered entities under HIPAA? - Answers :Health plans (insurance),
healthcare providers and healthcare clearinghouses
Entities that process nonstandard information they receive from another entity into a
standard or vice verse. - Answers :Healthcare Clearinghouses
Potential uses of de-identified health information includes - Answers :Research study
analysis and data gathering to determine demographic information of a clinic
Patient data that neither identifies nor provides a reasonable basis to identify an
individual and may be used for billing insurance companies, research study analysis,
and data to determine demographic information of a clinic - Answers :De-identifiable
health information
Allowable reasons to use and disclose protected health information, without an
individuals authorization include - Answers :To the individual, uses and disclosures with
opportunity to agree or object, incidental use and disclosure, public interest and benefit
activities, and limited data set
The organization responsible for the enforcement of Standard for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information is - Answers :The Department of Health and Human
Services, Office for Civil Rights
The potential fines associated with a violation of HIPAA can be - Answers :Up to $100
to $50,000 or more per violation and maximum of $1,500,000 for the calendar year
The patient continues to progress toward STG's - Answers :Assessment
PROM R elbow flex. 80 degrees; ext. 10 degrees - Answers :Objective
, Pt. performed ankle pumps BIL 3 sets of 10 with rest in between each set - Answers
:Objective
The patient's nurse reported he has a history of a DVT LLE 6 months ago - Answers
:Subjective
Pt. would benefit from referral to neurologist to assess HA's - Answers :Assessment
Continue therapeutic exercise program TIW, increasing resistance from 3# to 5# next
visit - Answers :Plan
The pts husband reported that pt. fell last night trying to get OOB. - Answers :Subjective
Pt. received ice pack x10 minutes to BIL upper trapezius muscles followed by gentle
cervical PROM and then AROM for cervical flex/ext and lat. flex BIL x 15 reps. each. -
Answers :Objective
Significant decrease in LUE swelling as evidenced by decreased circumferential
measurements - Answers :Assessment
The patient is ready to begin resistive exercises for RLE - Answers :Assessment
Pt. c/o increased dizziness today - Answers :Subjective
Pts. pain level 4/10 today - Answers :Subjective
D/C pt. after next visit - Answers :Plan
The patient would benefit from 2 more weeks of PT for further BLE strengthening -
Answers :Assessment
Ms. strength in L quadriceps has increased from 2/5 to 3/5 since evaluation - Answers
:Assessment
Which setting requires participation in therapy a minimum of 3 hours a day? - Answers
:Rehabilitation hospital
Which setting provides about 1.5 hours of therapy a day? - Answers :Skilled Nursing
Facility
Which setting requires independent mobility for admission? - Answers :Assisted Living
Facility
Which setting is commonly referred to as a nursing home? - Answers :Extended care
facility
True or False: HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -
Answers :True
True or False: The goal of HIPAA is to allow facilities to establish their own policies and
procedures for the protection of "protected health information". - Answers :False
What is the goal of HIPAA? - Answers :To establish a set of national standards for the
protection of certain health information. It addresses the use and disclosure of
individuals PHI.
True or False: Under HIPAA the covered entities include health plans, health care
providers, health care clearinghouses, and health care surrogates. - Answers :False
What are covered entities under HIPAA? - Answers :Health plans (insurance),
healthcare providers and healthcare clearinghouses
Entities that process nonstandard information they receive from another entity into a
standard or vice verse. - Answers :Healthcare Clearinghouses
Potential uses of de-identified health information includes - Answers :Research study
analysis and data gathering to determine demographic information of a clinic
Patient data that neither identifies nor provides a reasonable basis to identify an
individual and may be used for billing insurance companies, research study analysis,
and data to determine demographic information of a clinic - Answers :De-identifiable
health information
Allowable reasons to use and disclose protected health information, without an
individuals authorization include - Answers :To the individual, uses and disclosures with
opportunity to agree or object, incidental use and disclosure, public interest and benefit
activities, and limited data set
The organization responsible for the enforcement of Standard for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information is - Answers :The Department of Health and Human
Services, Office for Civil Rights
The potential fines associated with a violation of HIPAA can be - Answers :Up to $100
to $50,000 or more per violation and maximum of $1,500,000 for the calendar year
The patient continues to progress toward STG's - Answers :Assessment
PROM R elbow flex. 80 degrees; ext. 10 degrees - Answers :Objective
, Pt. performed ankle pumps BIL 3 sets of 10 with rest in between each set - Answers
:Objective
The patient's nurse reported he has a history of a DVT LLE 6 months ago - Answers
:Subjective
Pt. would benefit from referral to neurologist to assess HA's - Answers :Assessment
Continue therapeutic exercise program TIW, increasing resistance from 3# to 5# next
visit - Answers :Plan
The pts husband reported that pt. fell last night trying to get OOB. - Answers :Subjective
Pt. received ice pack x10 minutes to BIL upper trapezius muscles followed by gentle
cervical PROM and then AROM for cervical flex/ext and lat. flex BIL x 15 reps. each. -
Answers :Objective
Significant decrease in LUE swelling as evidenced by decreased circumferential
measurements - Answers :Assessment
The patient is ready to begin resistive exercises for RLE - Answers :Assessment
Pt. c/o increased dizziness today - Answers :Subjective
Pts. pain level 4/10 today - Answers :Subjective
D/C pt. after next visit - Answers :Plan
The patient would benefit from 2 more weeks of PT for further BLE strengthening -
Answers :Assessment
Ms. strength in L quadriceps has increased from 2/5 to 3/5 since evaluation - Answers
:Assessment
Which setting requires participation in therapy a minimum of 3 hours a day? - Answers
:Rehabilitation hospital
Which setting provides about 1.5 hours of therapy a day? - Answers :Skilled Nursing
Facility
Which setting requires independent mobility for admission? - Answers :Assisted Living
Facility
Which setting is commonly referred to as a nursing home? - Answers :Extended care
facility
