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Responsibilities Of The Hipaa Security Officer Include

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QUESTION 1

Which is the most effective mean to store PHI?

ANSWER

Electronic Storage

QUESTION 2

The HIPAA Privacy Officer is responsible for:

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Tracking who has access to PHI

QUESTION 3

The HIPAA Security Officers are responsible for:

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Safeguarding all electronic patient health information

QUESTION 4

Which are the five areas of DHHS has mandated each covered entity to address so that e-PHI is maintained securely?

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Organization requirements; policies, procedures, and documentation; technical safeguards; administrative safeguards; and physical safeguards.

QUESTION 5

Reasonable physical safeguards for patient care areas include:

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Having monitors turned away from viewing by visitors.

QUESTION 6

To insure minimum opportunity to access data, passwords:

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Should be changed every 90 days or sooner.

QUESTION 7

Investigations of complaints of violations to the Security Rule are under the direction of the:

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Office of HIPAA Standards

QUESTION 8

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

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 9

Nursing notes are not considered PHI since they are not physician's notes and therefore are not protected by HIPAA law.

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False

QUESTION 10

It is possible for a first name and zip code to be considered individually identifiable health information (IIHI)

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False

QUESTION 11

In HIPAA usage, TPO stands for Treatment, Payment, and Optional Care.

ANSWER

False

QUESTION 12

Trading Partner agreements are only for electronic standard transactions.

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 13

One good requirement to ensure secure access control is to install automatic log off at each workstation.

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 14

HIPAA seeks to protect individual PHI and discloses that information only when it is in the best interest of the patient.

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True

QUESTION 15

Prescriptions may only be picked up by the patient to protect the privacy of the individuals health information.

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False

QUESTION 16

Faxing PHI is still permitted under HIPAA law.

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 17

All four parties on a health claim now have unique identifiers.

ANSWER

False

QUESTION 18

PHI stand for:

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Protected Health Information

QUESTION 19

DHHS stands for:

ANSWER

Department of Health and Human Services

QUESTION 20

NPO stands for:

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Nothing by mouth

QUESTION 21

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

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 22

Only clinical staff need to understand HIPAA law.

ANSWER

False

QUESTION 23

The HIPAA Privacy Rules gives patients assurance that their personal health information will be treated the same no matter which state or organization receives their medical information

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 24

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have information on their website to help a HIPAA Security Officer know the required and addressable areas of securing e-PHI.

ANSWER

True

QUESTION 25

Only a serious security incident is to be documented and measures taken to limit further disclosure.

ANSWER

False

QUESTION 26

PHI (protected health information) is: A. Any information that identifies 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

ANSWER

All of the above

QUESTION 27

The Privacy Rule for PHI states:

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When authorization is needed

QUESTION 28

Which department would need to help the Security Officer most?

ANSWER

Information Services and Technology.

QUESTION 29

Consent is defined by HIPPA is for: A. Permission to reveal PHI for payment of services provided to patients. B. Permission to reveal PHI for comprehensive treatment of patient. C. Permission to reveal PHI for normal business operations of the providers facility. D. All the above

ANSWER

All the above

QUESTION 30

Implementation Guides for the standard transactions may be obtained from the:

ANSWER

Washington Publishing Company

QUESTION 31

If the HIPAA Office finds that a trading partner that has changed the formatting of a standard transaction, the office may report the partner to:

ANSWER

The Office of E-Health Standards and Services

QUESTION 32

If the a Office of HIPAA Standards finds noncompliance to the Transaction and Code Set Rule, they will expect to see a move toward compliance and improvement within:

ANSWER

30 days

QUESTION 33

Access privilege to protected health information is:

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What allows an individual to enter a computer system for an authorized purpose

QUESTION 34

Responsibilities of the HIPAA Security Officer include:

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Developing and implementing policies and procedures for the facility

QUESTION 35

Integrity of e-PHI requires confirmation that the data:

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Is accurate and has not been altered, lost, or destroyed in an unauthorized manner

QUESTION 36

HIPAA training must be provided to:

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All workforce employees and non-employees

QUESTION 37

Questions other people have asked about HIPAA law can be found by searching FAQ at:

ANSWER

American Medical Association website

QUESTION 38

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has found that the problem with HIPAA Privacy Rule are mainly those that:

ANSWER

Account for the release of PHI

QUESTION 39

Medical Identity theft is:

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Obtaining an individual's SSN from the Internet to use to gain their money

QUESTION 40

In keeping with the "minimum necessary" policy, an office may leave:

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Only the doctors office phone number on voicemail.

QUESTION 41

When patients "opt-out" of the facility directory, it means:

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Their name will not be posted outside the room where they are located

QUESTION 42

An adopted standard identifier for employees is the:

ANSWER

EIN

QUESTION 43

Enforcement of the unique identifier is under the direction of:

ANSWER

Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services

QUESTION 44

Fraud and abuse investigation of HIPAA Privacy Rule is under the direction of:

ANSWER

Office of HIPAA Standard

QUESTION 45

Acronym for Public Law 104-91

ANSWER

HIPAA

QUESTION 46

Which is not a responsibility of a HIPAA Officer?

ANSWER

Safeguarding the security of clinical records

QUESTION 47

PHI has been defined in HIPAA by:

ANSWER

CMS (Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services)

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