Final Assessment - Medical Office Assistant

Patients have a right to obtain a copy of their medical records. Which item is legally allowed to be kept from the patient?

• Medication record

• Health history

• Surgeries

• Psychotherapy notes

Which of the following is an example of information that is obtained incidentally?

• Dr. Pierce discusses a patient's health condition on a cell phone in a restaurant. A waitress hears the conversation.

• Dr. Kemper discusses a health condition with a patient behind closed doors. A nurse outside the door hears the conversation.

• Dr. Morales discusses a health condition with a patient and her spouse. The spouse tells other family members.

• All of the above

According to the Security Rule in HIPAA, which of the following is an example of a physical safeguard?

• Medical records should be password-protected.

• Employees should have security awareness training.

• Computer server rooms should be locked.

• All of the above

What is the term used to describe any individually identifiable health information about a patient?

• Personal Patient Data (PPD)

• Confidential Personal Information (CPI)

• Private Medical Records (PMR)

• Protected Health Information (PHI)

What is the name of the form that patients must sign to give permission to the medical facility to disclose health information?

• Disclosure form

• Release of Information form

• Amendment Request form

• Confidential Communications Form

• Notice of Privacy Policy form

What does HIPAA stand for?

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Heath Information Privacy and Accessibility Act

• Health Issues for Patients in America Act

• Health Initiative to Protect Anonymity Act

In HIPAA, what is the name of the rule that required nationally standardized medical transactions and codes?

• National Standards for Coding and Transacting Rule

• Health Standardization Rule

• Simplified Administration Rule for Health Transactions

• Transaction and Code Set Rule

Patients may request changes to their medical records.

• True

• False

In the Privacy Rule, what is authorization?

• The written permission that patients give to disclose protected health information

• The approval that physicians must give to refer patients to a specialist

• The contract that patients make with insurance companies

• The verbal agreement between the patient and the medical facility

• All of the above

When are medical facilities required to notify patients of the privacy policy?

• At each visit

• At the first visit

• After one year

• Never