Legal Issues

Write True or False for the following questions

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Confidentiality & HIPAATrue or False?

1. ____ Patient rights are the heart of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

2. ____Patients have more control over their medical

records today because of HIPAA regulations.

3. ____Employees in healthcare facilities must be trained so that they understand the procedures related to HIPAA compliance.

4. ____Both covered entities and business associates can discuss a patient’s bill with a

person other than the patient to obtain reimbursement.

5. ____All healthcare facilities should have a person

designated as a privacy officer.

Patient ConfidentialityTrue or False?

6.____Confidentiality of minors may be ethically breached when parents need to be informed of treatment or

serious illness.

7.____Insurance company representatives are privileged to

certain medical information without consent from the patient

8.____In a routine pre-employment physical, there is

not physician-patient relationship.

9.____If an individual is famous, it is acceptable for the physician

who is rendering services to release medical information to

the media

10.____Patient confidentiality can be legally breached if the

patient has gonorrhea.

11.____It is all right for a medical professional to disclose

information to a patient’s neighbor.

12.____Mistakes made on medical records should be

carefully “whited” out.

13.____Not only is a breach of patient confidence unethical, it

is illegal.

14.____Only medical information is held in strict

confidentiality—not the patient’s personal life.

15.____Reportable communicable diseases are

those that must be reported to proper health authorities.

16.____Physicians who obtain a deceased’s HIV status from

autopsies always have a legal duty to report this information to

at-risk third parties.

17.____Erasures on medical records are allowed only if the inserted correction is initialed

and dated.

18.____Moral disapproval does not give a medical professional

the right to breach confidentiality.

19.____When leaving a patient a message on the answering

machine, simply ask that he/she return your call

20.____Due to advanced technological safeguards,

computers have made patient confidentiality easier to protect.

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Confidentiality & HIPAA21.The HIPAA is applicable to:

a. Related to all medical records

b. Written records

c. Computerized records

d. All of the above.

22. Which of the following is not true regarding HIPAA laws?

A. Patients have more control over their medical records.

B. Few boundaries are set on the use and release of health records.

C. Patients can make informed choices regarding how their personal health information is used.

D. Violators are held accountable if patient privacy rights are compromised.

23. Which of the following is not one of the patient rights provided by HIPAA?

a. Right to notice of a facility’s privacy practices

b. Right to receive notice of all disclosures of protected health information

c. Right to obtain the original medical record

d. Right to have access to, view, and obtain a copy of their protected health information

24. How can the medical assistant use reasonable care when sending health information via fax?

a. Verify the fax number

b. Direct the fax to a certain person.

c. Use cover sheets that stress confidentiality

d. All of the above are correct.

25. An organization that transmits information in an electronic form during a transaction, as defined by HIPAA, is called a:

a. covered entity

b. business associate

c. complainant

d. healthcare provider

26. HIPAA stands for? _____________________________________________________________________

27.Who is eligible to give consent to release records?

a. The patient’s husband/wife

b. The patient’s adult daughter

c. The patient

d. Both a & c

28.Consents for the release of records should be:

a. Kept in a release of records file

b. Thrown away after the records request is completed

c. Kept with the director

d. Kept with the medical record

29.When contacting a patient, a medical assistant should:

a. Leave a detailed message with a spouse if the pat is not available

b. Leave a name and number for a return call

c. Leave lab results on the patient’s answering machine

d. Call repeatedly until the patient is available

30.What year was HIPAA required to be implemented at your physician’s office:

a. 2000

b. 2001

c. 2002

d. 2003

True or False___31. Patients do not have the right to refuse to be a part of a research study if they are admitted to a health card facility where the study is conducted.

___32. Residents in long term care facilities have specific rights because they permanently live in the facility.

___33. Patients’ rights are what the patient can expect to receive in a health care facility

___34. Violators of a pat’s rights can’t be held responsible for their actions if they thought they were providing good care.

___35. All patients in a health care facility have the right to privacy.

___36. Patients have a right to considerate, respectful care in a health care facility.

___37.All health care providers are working toward the same goal, the pat. is receiving a right to “continuity of care”

___38. Patient’s rights are identical in all states.

___39.Pats admitted to health care facilities without Advanced Directives are advised to check on filing these out when they are discharged to go home.

___40. Local governments require health care facilities provide the patients their rights during their stay there.

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Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

41. Legal regulations in health care protect the __________, _____________ and the

__________

42. Legal responsibilities are based on _________

43. The type of laws mainly concerned with people and their

rights is ____________

44. Harm or injury often occurs to patients because the health care

provided fails to provide care according to:

________________________________________________________

________________________

45. Practicing a profession without the required knowledge

and skills is called _______________

46. Touching a patient without their consent is called

_____________

47. The patient that would not be able to give consent for a

medical procedure is a _______ or ____________

48. Unnecessary restraint of an individual is called

_____________________

49. The type of abuse that includes threats, intimidation,

and ridicule is _______________________

50. Name some signs of abuse: ________________ ,

_________________________

51. Abuse must be reported to authorities for investigation

when the health care provider has _____________ that abuse

is occurring

52. When a person makes verbal comments that ruin

another person’s reputation, this is called _____________

53. When two or more parties agree to providing , accepting,

and paying for services this type of agreement is formed

____________

54. When the parties involved in a contractual agreement fail to

hold up their part of the agreement, the contract is

______________

55. Laws require all information given to the health care provider

by the patient be kept ____________________

56. What is some (2) examples of information that would be

public knowledge ________ and _________

57. If patients wanted to know what their medical chart

includes, what is their right? _________________________

58. When the time limit expires for keeping old medical records,

how should the records be disposed of?________ or

____________

59. Criminal law deals with violations against _____________ ,

_____________ and ____________

60. Abuse that occurs to older patients is called this type of

abuse; ___________

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70. Perform only those __________ for which you

have been _______ and are ________ permitted to do.

71. Use _________, __________ methods while performing any procedure.

72. Obtain proper ____________ before

performing any procedure.

73. Identify the _______ and obtain the patient’s ________

before performing any procedure.

74. Observe all _______________________.

75. Keep all information _______________.

76. Think before you __________ and carefully

consider ____________ you _____.

77. Treat ____ patient’s _______ regardless of ____________,

_____________, ______________or ________________, _______________ or

_____________________.

78. Accept no ____________ or _______________ for the care

you provide.

79. If any ______________ occur or you make a ______________,

______________ it immediately to your ________________.

80. Behave _______________ in ______________,

_________________, ________________, and

_________________.

Confidentiality & HIPAA

1.True Patient rights are the heart of the HIPAA Privacy

Rule.

2.True Patients have more control over their medical records today because of

HIPAA regulations.

3.True Employees in healthcare facilities must be trained so that they understand the procedures related to HIPAA compliance.

4.True Both covered entities and business associates can discuss

a patient’s bill with a person other than the patient to obtain

reimbursement.

5 .True All healthcare facilities should have a person

designated as a privacy officer.

Patient Confidentiality

6.False Confidentiality of minors may be ethically breached when parents need to be informed of

treatment or serious illness.

7.False Insurance company representatives are privileged to certain medical information

without consent from the patient

8.True In a routine pre-employment physical, there is

not physician-patient relationship.

9.False If an individual is famous, it is acceptable for the

physician who is rendering services to release medical

information to the media

10.True Patient confidentiality can be legally breached if the

patient has gonorrhea.

11.False It is all right for a medical professional to disclose

information to a patient’s neighbor.

12.False Mistakes made on medical records should be

carefully “whited” out.

13.True Not only is a breach of patient confidence unethical, it

is illegal.

14.False Only medical information is held in strict

confidentiality—not the patient’s personal life.

15.True Reportable communicable diseases are

those that must be reported to proper health authorities.

16.False Physicians who obtain a deceased’s HIV status from autopsies always have a legal

duty to report this information to at-risk third parties.

17.False Erasures on medical records are allowed only if the inserted correction is initialed

and dated.

18.True Moral disapproval does not give a medical professional

the right to breach confidentiality.

19.True When leaving a patient a message on the answering

machine, simply ask that he/she return your call

20.True Due to advanced technological safeguards,

computers have made patient confidentiality easier to protect.

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Confidentiality & HIPAA21.The HIPAA is applicable to:

a. Related to all medical records

b. Written records

c. Computerized records

d. All of the above.

22. Which of the following is not true regarding HIPAA laws?

A. Patients have more control over their medical records.

B. Few boundaries are set on the use and release of health records.

C. Patients can make informed choices regarding how their personal health information is used.

D. Violators are held accountable if patient privacy rights are compromised.

23. Which of the following is not one of the patient rights provided by HIPAA?

a. Right to notice of a facility’s privacy practices

b. Right to receive notice of all disclosures of protected health information

c. Right to obtain the original medical record

d. Right to have access to, view, and obtain a copy of their protected health information

24. How can the medical assistant use reasonable care when sending health information via fax?

a. Verify the fax number

b. Direct the fax to a certain person.

c. Use cover sheets that stress confidentiality

d. All of the above are correct.

25. An organization that transmits information in an electronic form during a transaction, as defined by HIPAA, is called a:

a. covered entity

b. business associate

c. complainant

d. healthcare provider

26.HIPAA stands for?

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

27.Who is eligible to give consent to release records?

a. The patient’s husband/wife

b. The patient’s adult daughter

c. The patient

d. Both a & c

28.Consents for the release of records should be:

a. Kept in a release of records file

b. Thrown away after the records request is completed

c. Kept with the director

d. Kept with the medical record

29.When contacting a patient, a medical assistant should:

a. Leave a detailed message with a spouse if the pat is not available

b. Leave a name and number for a return call

c. Leave lab results on the patient’s answering machine

d. Call repeatedly until the patient is available

30.What year was HIPAA required to be implemented at your physician’s office:

a. 2000

b. 2001

c. 2002

d. 2003

True or False

31. False Patients do not have the right to refuse to be a part of a research study if they are admitted to a health card facility where the study is conducted.

32. True Residents in long term care facilities have specific rights because they permanently live in the facility.

33. True Patients’ rights are what the patient can expect to receive in a health care facility

34. False Violators of a pat’s rights can’t be held responsible for their actions if they thought they were providing good care.

35. True All patients in a health care facility have the right to privacy.

36. True Patients have a right to considerate, respectful care in a health card facility.

37. True All health care providers are working toward the same goal, the patient is receiving a right to “continuity of care”

38. False Patient’s rights are identical in all states.

39. False Patients admitted to health care facilities without Advanced Directives are advised to check on filing these out when they are discharged to go home.

40. False Local governments require health care facilities provide the patients their rights during their stay there.

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41. Legal regulations in health care protect the employee, employer and the patient

42. Legal responsibilities are based on Law

43.The type of laws mainly concerned with people and their

rights is Civil Law

44.Harm or injury often occurs to patients because the health care

provided fails to provide care according to: what the established

standards of care say

45.Practicing a profession without the required knowledge and skills is called Malpractice

46.Touching a patient without their consent is called Battery

47.The patient that would not be able to give consent for a

medical procedure is a minor or unsound mind

48.Unnecessary restraint of an individual is called False

Imprisonment

49.The type of abuse that includes threats, intimidation, and ridicule is Psychological

Abuse

50.Name some signs of abuse: Bruising, Fear of certain

situations.

51.Abuse must be reported to authorities for investigation

when the health care provider has Suspicion that abuse is

occurring

52.When a person makes verbal comments that ruin

another person’s reputation, this is called Slander

53. When two or more parties agree to providing , accepting,

and paying for services this type of agreement is formed Contract

54.When the parties involved in a contractual agreement fail to

hold up their part of the agreement, the contract is

Breached

55.Laws require all information given to the health care provider

by the patient be kept Confidential

56.What is some (2) examples of information that would be public knowledge Births and

Deaths

57.If patients wanted to know what their medical chart

includes, what is their right? They can ask for a copy

58.When the time limit expires for keeping old medical records,

how should the records be disposed of? Burned or

Shredded

59.Criminal law deals with violations against People,

Property and Society

60.Abuse that occurs to older patients is called this type of

abuse; Elder

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