HIPAA TEST REVIEW EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What does HIPAA stand for? - CORRECT-ANSWERSHealth Insurance Portability & Accountability
Act
What is HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSFederal privacy standards to protect patients' medical
records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other
health care providers.
When did HIPAA take effect? - CORRECT-ANSWERSTook effect on April 14, 2003.
What does HIPAA's standards provide patients with? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAccess to their
medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and
disclosed
What were the goals that HIPAA was designed for? - CORRECT-ANSWERSlimiting administrative
cost of health care, *privacy issues*, and *preventing fraud* and abuse were of primary
importance. The law has also had to *include privacy and confidentiality rules to protect the
patient*
, What did the law have to include in HIPAA to protect the patient? - CORRECT-ANSWERSPrivacy
and Confidentiality rules
Why were Privacy and Confidentiality rules included in HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSTo protect
the patient
Who developed HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)
What was an advantage of HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt's uniform, federal floor of privacy
protections for consumers across the country.
What as not affected by HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSState laws providing additional
protections to consumers are not affected by this new rule
What does HIPAA do? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt reduces health care fraud, guarantee security and
privacy of healthcare info., enforce standards for electronic data interchange
What are the 5 parts of HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Portability
2. Standardization
3. Administration Simplification
4. Accountability
5. Privacy Protection
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What does HIPAA stand for? - CORRECT-ANSWERSHealth Insurance Portability & Accountability
Act
What is HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSFederal privacy standards to protect patients' medical
records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other
health care providers.
When did HIPAA take effect? - CORRECT-ANSWERSTook effect on April 14, 2003.
What does HIPAA's standards provide patients with? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAccess to their
medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and
disclosed
What were the goals that HIPAA was designed for? - CORRECT-ANSWERSlimiting administrative
cost of health care, *privacy issues*, and *preventing fraud* and abuse were of primary
importance. The law has also had to *include privacy and confidentiality rules to protect the
patient*
, What did the law have to include in HIPAA to protect the patient? - CORRECT-ANSWERSPrivacy
and Confidentiality rules
Why were Privacy and Confidentiality rules included in HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSTo protect
the patient
Who developed HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)
What was an advantage of HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt's uniform, federal floor of privacy
protections for consumers across the country.
What as not affected by HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERSState laws providing additional
protections to consumers are not affected by this new rule
What does HIPAA do? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt reduces health care fraud, guarantee security and
privacy of healthcare info., enforce standards for electronic data interchange
What are the 5 parts of HIPAA? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Portability
2. Standardization
3. Administration Simplification
4. Accountability
5. Privacy Protection
