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Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule

1. HIPAA's Privacy Rule may apply to which of the following?

A. Health plans B. Health care clearinghouses C. Any health care provider who conducts certain standard administrative and financial transactions in electronic form D. All of the above

2. HIPAA's Privacy Rule protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral.

A. True B. False

3. Which of the following may be considered ?individually identifiable health information??,Any information regarding an individual's past

A. present or future physical or mental health condition B. Any information regarding the provision of health care to an individual C. Any information regarding the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual D. All of the above

4. A major purpose of the Privacy Rule is to define and limit the circumstances in which an individual?s protected health information may be used or disclosed by covered entities.

A. True B. False

5. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. A covered entity may use and disclose protected health information for its own treatment, payment, and health care operations activities. B. A covered entity may not use and disclose protected health information for its own treatment, payment, and health care operations activities. C. A covered entity may only use and disclose protected health information for its own payment and health care operations activities. D. A covered entity may only disclose protected health information for its own treatment and payment.

6. According to HIPAA laws, covered entities may not use or disclose protected health information to facilitate the donation and transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, and tissue.

A. True B. False

7. A covered entity must make reasonable efforts to use, disclose, and request only the minimum amount of protected health information needed to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request.

A. True B. False

8. A physical therapist requires information regarding a 38 year-old male patient. The physical therapist asks the patient's nurse for the required health information. What information can the nurse provide to the physical therapist?

A. As much information as the nurse would like B. As much information as the physical therapist would like C. The minimum amount of health information needed D. Both A and B

9. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. The Privacy Rule requires a covered entity to treat a "personal representative" the same as the individual, with respect to uses and disclosures of the individual?s protected health information. B. The Privacy Rule does not require a covered entity to treat a "personal representative" the same as the individual, with respect to uses and disclosures of the individual?s protected health information. C. The Privacy Rule requires a covered entity to limit the amount of health information provided to a "personal representative." D. The Privacy Rule requires a covered entity to deny a "personal representative" access to an individual's health information.

10. In most cases, parents are the personal representatives for their minor children.

A. True B. False


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