Observation Program HIPAA Test:  
  Before gaining access to observations, you must read the associated HIPAA material and score a 100 on the following quiz:  
 
There is only one correct answer for each question (except # 4)
1. HIPAA stands for:
Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act
Health Portability and Insurance Act
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act
2. HIPAA's Privacy Deadline passed on what date?
April 1996
January 2001
January 2003
April 2003
3. HIPAA is a:
Federal Law
County Law
State Law
International Law
4. In your own words, what does HIPAA mean?
5. Will Administrative Overhead drop over this decade because of HIPAA?
Yes
No
6. "PHI" stands for:
Private Health Information
Personal Health Information
Protected Health Information
Personal Health Insurance
7. The "Boundaries" Guiding Principle of HIPAA says that confidential health information:
Must only be used for healthcare purposes
Can be used for a wide variety of purposes
May not be used for healthcare purposes
Has no restrictions
8. The "Accountability" Guiding Principle of HIPAA says that:
Medical providers must use certified accountants
Those who misuse confidential health information should have to write an accounting
Only "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" (GAPP) can be used in healthcare
Those who misuse confidential health information should be punished and those harmed by its misuse should have legal recourse
9. HIPAA's required "Notice of Privacy Principles" tells patients:
What their new HIPAA rights are
How to file a privacy-related complaint
Who the practice's Privacy Officer is
All of the above
10. For the most severe criminal violations, HIPAA fines can be as high as:
$250,000
$25,000
$2,500
$250
 
 
 
 
 
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