Deck 1: Introduction to Hipaa

Question 1

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
What government agency approves final rules released in the Federal Register?

A)Department of Education
B)Department of Interior
C)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D)Department of Health and Human Services

Answer 1

Department of Health and Human Services

Question 2

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Industry-wide standards for health claims bring simplification because

A)all transactions are the same format.
B)any payer will accept claims.
C)neither A nor B.
D)both A and B.

Answer 2

both A and B.

Question 3

Health care professionals have generally found that HIPAA has simplified claims submissions.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Home help personnel, taxicab companies, and carpenters may fit the definition of a covered entity.

Question 5

With the passage of HIPAA, large health care providers would be treated with faster service since their volume of claims is larger than small rural providers.

Question 6

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which group is not one of the three covered entities?

A)Patients
B)Health care plans
C)Health care clearinghouses
D)Health care providers

Question 7

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which group is the focus of Title II of HIPAA ruling?

A)Health care providers
B)Health plans
C)Health care clearinghouses
D)Medicare and Medicaid programs

Question 8

Privacy Rule covers disclosure of protected health information (PHI) in any form or media.

Question 9

An employer who has fewer than 50 employees and is self-insured is a covered entity.

Question 10

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is responsible to notify all health care providers of changes in the HIPAA rulings.

Question 11

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Choose the correct acronym for Public Law 104-91.

A)HIPO
B)HIPPA
C)HIPAA
D)HIPPO

Question 12

Written policies are a responsibility of the HIPAA Officer.

Question 13

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
PHI (protected health information) is

A)any information that associates an individual with a diagnosis.
B)health information created or received by a covered entity.
C)health information related to a physical or mental condition.
D)all of the above.

Question 14

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
What is a major point of the Title I portion of HIPAA?

A)Guarantee of renewability
B)Preventing fraud and abuse
C)Liability reform
D)Administrative simplification

Question 15

Privacy of PHI and security of PHI are the same thing.

Question 16

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which is not a responsibility of the HIPAA Officer?

A)Training staff members on HIPAA law
B)Being informed of any changes to HIPAA law
C)Ensuring all wastepaper is shredded
D)Safeguarding the security of clinical records

Question 17

There is a 24-month grace period after the effective date for the HIPAA rules before a covered entity must comply with the ruling.

Question 18

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which group is the focus of Title I of HIPAA ruling?

A)Health care providers
B)Health plans
C)The insured
D)Health care clearinghouses

Question 19

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Under HIPAA, providers may choose to submit claims either on paper or electronically.

A)True
B)False
C)Sometimes
D)It depends whether they are a small or large provider

Question 20

Only clinical staff need to understand HIPAA.

Question 21

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which is the most efficient means to store PHI?

A)Audiotapes
B)Paper
C)Electronic storage
D)Microfiche

Question 22

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Medical Savings Account (now Health Savings Account) is a means to shelter funds from taxes to pay for

A)premiums only.
B)yearly IRS tax liability.
C)only hospital bills.
D)medical expenses.

Question 23

Match the insurance provider with the proper designation.

Auto insurance company

A)Covered Entity
B)Not Covered Entity

Question 24

Match the terms with the correct acronym.

Electronic protected health information

A)PHI
B)DHHS
C)IIHI
D)HIPAA
E)e-PHI

Question 25

Match the terms with the correct acronym.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

A)PHI
B)DHHS
C)IIHI
D)HIPAA
E)e-PHI

Question 26

Match the insurance provider with the proper designation.

Supplemental health insurance company

A)Covered Entity
B)Not Covered Entity

Question 27

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
The Privacy Rule for PHI states

A)who has been issued unique identifiers.
B)when authorization is needed.
C)when passwords need to be changed.
D)how to handle electronic PHI.

Question 28

Match the terms with the correct acronym.

Protected health information

A)PHI
B)DHHS
C)IIHI
D)HIPAA
E)e-PHI

Question 29

Match the terms with the correct acronym.

Individually identifiable health information

A)PHI
B)DHHS
C)IIHI
D)HIPAA
E)e-PHI

Question 30

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
The HIPAA Privacy Officer is responsible for

A)keeping staff names secret.
B)tracking who has access to PHI.
C)checking that passwords are changed weekly.
D)securing the computer server room from outside visitors.

Question 31

Match the terms with the correct acronym.

Department of Health and Human Services

A)PHI
B)DHHS
C)IIHI
D)HIPAA
E)e-PHI

Question 32

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) helps workers who have coverage with a

A)managed care organization.
B)group health plan.
C)fee-for-service plan.
D)Medicaid.

Question 33

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
PHI has been defined in HIPAA by

A)DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services).
B)CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
C)CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).
D)State insurance commissioners.

Question 34

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
The HIPAA Security Officer is responsible for

A)seeing that all facility doors are locked at night.
B)seeing that there is safe storage for paper medical records.
C)hiring security guards for the facility.
D)safeguarding all electronic patient health information.

Question 35

Match the insurance provider with the proper designation.

Property and liability insurance company

A)Covered Entity
B)Not Covered Entity

Question 36

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Which department would need to help the Security Officer most?

A)Nursing staff
B)Maintenance Department
C)Medical Records
D)Information Services and Technology

Question 37

Match the situation with the appropriate HIPAA rule.

Limit access to e-PHI

A)Security Rule
B)Privacy Rule

Question 38

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
What type of health information does the Security Rule address?

A)Paper medical files
B)Only the financial records of patients
C)The list of benefits and payments for services by health plans
D)Electronic PHI held by a covered entity

Question 39

Match the insurance provider with the proper designation.

Health insurance company

A)Covered Entity
B)Not Covered Entity

Question 40

Match the insurance provider with the proper designation.

Workers' Compensation insurance

A)Covered Entity
B)Not Covered Entity

Question 41

Match the situation with the appropriate HIPAA rule.

How to handle PHI

A)Security Rule
B)Privacy Rule

Question 42

Match the situation with the appropriate HIPAA rule.

When authorization is needed

A)Security Rule
B)Privacy Rule

Question 43

Match the situation with the appropriate HIPAA rule.

Written policy to safeguard against disasters

A)Security Rule
B)Privacy Rule