HIPAA Test

The Privacy Rule requires covered entities to develop and implement reasonable policies and procedures to verify the identity of any person who requests PHI, as well as the authority of the person to have access to the information, if the identity or authority of the person is not already known.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects:

What does the acronym HIPAA stand for?

What is PHI?

The Minimum Necessary rule says that when using or disclosing PHI or requesting PHI from another covered entity, a covered entity must make a reasonable effort to limit the PHI used or disclosed to the “minimum necessary.” The “minimum necessary” is the least amount of information needed to accomplish the purpose of the use, disclosure, or request.

HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the privacy of individuals’ health information and the privacy rule bars covered entities from disclosing an individual’s healthcare information without specific authorization.

While at her daughter's open house at Nelson Elementary School, Brittany, a receptionist at Dr. Smith’s Rheumatology Center, mentions to a friend that she saw a mutual friend at the office last Friday. This is not a HIPAA violation.

If you suspect someone is violating the healthcare facility's privacy policy, you should:

HIPAA is a federal law which is enforced by:

A document that explains your organization's rules for releasing a patient's medical information is called:

Protected health information (PHI) is anything that connects a patient identifier to his or her health information.