HIPAA Quiz

What does the acronym HIPAA stand for?

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Health Information Privacy and Assurance Act

• Healthcare Insurance Policy and Access Act

• Health Institute Protection and Affordability Act

What is the main purpose of HIPAA?

• To ensure all individuals have health insurance

• To protect the privacy and security of individuals' personal health information

• To provide health insurance for the unemployed

• To regulate the prices of healthcare services

Which of the following is considered protected under HIPAA?

• Publicly available information about a person's health

• Individually identifiable information about a person's physical or mental health in any form

• General statistical data about health trends

• Information about a person's health shared among friends

What does HIPAA regulate?

• The cost of health insurance premiums

• Privacy of health information, security of health information, and notification of breaches of confidentiality

• The quality of healthcare services provided by hospitals

• The speed at which health insurance claims must be processed

Why were federal rules governing the use and disclosure of health information enacted under HIPAA?

• To increase the amount of health information available to the public

• To allow healthcare providers to share information more freely

• To allay fears about losing control over personal health information

• To reduce the cost of healthcare

What is HIPAA?

• A healthcare provider network

• A set of guidelines for physical health

• A civil rights law giving patients control over their health information

• A medical insurance policy

As of what date are all healthcare providers across the nation required to comply with HIPAA?

• As of April 2003

• As of April 1993

• As of April 2013

• As of April 1990

What does HIPAA impose restrictions on?

• The use and disclosure of protected health information

• The use of medical equipment

• The disclosure of financial information

• The use of hospital facilities

What is the purpose of the restrictions imposed by HIPAA on protected health information?

• To ensure that patients have to pay for their medical records

• To give patients greater protection of their medical records and peace of mind regarding the security of their information

• To allow healthcare workers to share patient information freely

• To make healthcare services more expensive

What does it mean for a healthcare worker in the context of HIPAA?

• They have no obligations to protect patient information

• They can release protected health information at any time

• They have obligations to protect a patient’s protected health information and can only release it in very specific circumstances

• They are responsible for the financial costs of maintaining patient records