Question

HIPAA and Compliance Worksheet Complete Parts A and B. Part A: HIPAA Write a 50-to 150-word response to each of the following prompts. Be clear and concise, use complet sentences, and use your own words. Follow standard grammar rules and provide examples where appropriate to support your answers. 1. Describe HIPAA, its purpose, and provisions. 2. What are the HIPAA requirements for electronic claims? 3. What are the social, legal, and ethical ramifications of HIPAA violations? Provide an example of each Cite any outside sources For additional information on how to properly cite your sources, utilize the Reference and Citation Generator resource. Part B: Compliance Write a 150-to 250-word summary discussing how medical compliance plans limit liability of health care organizations, facilities, or offices within the health care industry. Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and use your own words. Follow standard grammar rules and provide examples where appropriate to support your answers. Cite any outside sources. For additional information on how to properly cite your sources, utilize the Reference and Citation Generator resource.

Answer 1

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.The goals of HIPAA are to protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs (Portability) and to protect health data integrity, confidentiality, and availability (Accountability). It ensures healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates of HIPAA covered entities must implement multiple safeguards to protect sensitive personal and health information.

Requirements for electronic claim: Individually identifiable health information” is information, including demographic data that relates to such personal information such as name, address, birth date, Social Security Number, address, past medical history etc. HIPAA requirements mandate that this type of information must be protected.

Failure to adhere to the authorization expiration date - Patients can set a date when their authorization expires. A violation would be releasing confidential records after that date. Failure to promptly release information to patients - According to HIPAA, a patient has the right to receive electronic copies of medical records on demand