HIPAA Quiz

What does HIPAA stand for?

• Health Insurance Privacy and Attainment Act

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Health Information Portability and Attainment Act

• Health Information Privacy and Attainment Act

Which of the following is an example of the balance that HIPAA was created to provide?

• Reducing the cost of healthcare by implementing laws that will keep medical procedures and care at lower cost.

• Improve the quality of healthcare by allowing better access to medical records with less restrictions.

• Allow doctors to have quicker access to patient’s medical records via electronic records while protecting the information with proper privacy safeguards.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of HIPAA?

• To prevent the improper disclosure of patient information

• To establish continuous healthcare coverage for patients who are switching jobs

• To improve the productivity and efficiency of the healthcare industry

• All the above are purposes of HIPAA

Even though HIPAA was signed into law in 1996, the value of patient privacy dates all the way back to the Hippocratic Oath.

• True

• False

Which basic rule of HIPAA became important due to new evolving technology and the need to safeguard patient information shared electronically?

• The Privacy Rule

• The Identifiers Rule

• The Security Rule

• The Enforcement Rule

Under this HIPAA rule, whenever one computer translates data to another, the sending entity must follow specific data transmission specifications. The receiving entity must follow these specifications as well.

• The Privacy Rule

• The Security Rule

• The Transaction Rule

• The Identifiers Rule

This rule is applied when an organization fails to follow the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules and can result in significant consequences for HIPAA violations.

• The Privacy Rule

• The Identifiers Rule

• The Security Rule

• The Enforcement Rule

This rule requires that employers have a unique identification number that distinguishes them on standard transactions.

• The Privacy Rule

• The Security Rule

• The Transaction Rule

• The Identifiers Rule

• The Enforcement Rule

Which of the following is NOT considered PHI?

• MRI results of a patient

• A conversation between the nurse and doctor about a patient

• An employment record of a person

• The billing record from a recent hospital stay

• A prescription for medication for a patient

Which one of the following is NOT considered one of the 7 Patient Rights regarding the privacy of their health information?

• The right to know when their PHI was given to another healthcare entity

• The right to sue a healthcare facility for breach of a HIPAA rule

• The right to change or add to their PHI

• The right to have a copy of the healthcare facility's Privacy Practices