Question

11.       When a physician breaches physician-patient confidentiality the physician’s potential legal exposure includes:

a.         a civil suit brought by the patient seeking monetary damages.

b.         a criminal action brought by the federal government.

c.         a licensure action or investigation based upon an ethics violation brought by the State Medical Board.

d.         a. and b. only.

            e.         a., b., and c.

            f.          d. and e.

12.       The physician-patient privilege serves what public purpose:

13.       Describe the policies served by the HIPAA Privacy Regulations:

14.       Match the Medicare program to the description of services covered by the program:

Medicare Part A                                              prescription drug coverage

Medicare Part B                                              hospital, rehab, long-term care, home health, hospice

Medicare Part C                                              physician services

Medicare Part D                                              Medicare Advantage

15.       Does DHHS OIG have any authority over Medicare? Explain your answer:

16.       What government agency investigates HIPAA complaints?

a.         DHHS Office of Inspector General

b.         State Medical Board

c.         DHHS Office of Civil Rights

d.         Trilateral Commission

17.       What does it mean to be excluded from the Medicare program?

18.       What public policy is served by patient advanced directives, such as DNR and comfort care?

19.       Which law controls over the other: state patient confidentiality laws or the HIPAA privacy regulations? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

11)A patient can seek monetary benefits for emotional stress due yo this the licensure action can be taken done to check why it was done,and at times it can be criminal action taken against the physician ,hence all are applicable

12)The main purpose of physician patient previlage is to protect the communication between patient and physician and cannot disclose it against the patient in the court.

13)The policy served by HIPAA privacy regulation are as following

• Principles and strategy for accelerating HIE( focuses on privacy and security and provides potential solutions )
• Governance framework for trusted Electronic Health Information Technology Exchange (applies to all types of governance model ,it laysout milestones and outcomes )
• Privacy and Security Program Instruction Notice for state HIE (it helps state cooperative HIE Agrement rrecipients to create privacy and security policies I HOE services and PIN offers guideline and direction to the services
• Nationwide Privacy and security framework for Electronic Exchange of individually identifiable health information ( guides the nation when adopting health information technology.

14)

• Medicare Part A:it includes care received in hospital,rehabilitation Center,long term care facilities, home health and hospice care
• Medicare part B: this includes doctors and other healthcare providers.
• Medicare part C : it us the Medicare advantage
• Medicare part D: it includes prescription coverage