ACTIVITIES Name: Unit #: Unit Title: Kim O’Leesky 8 Internal Confidentiality Matters Qu. 1. What internal and external forces impact Selena’s concerns in this case? The primary factors relate to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ Privacy‚ accurate and appropriate coding‚ billing‚ reimbursement and compliance concerns relative to Medicare / Medicaid and CMS guidelines. Internal forces include the following: Community hospital with a small number of HIM staff including two
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1. Under HIPAA‚ are you legally allowed to view this patient’s medical information? Why or why not? No. According to HIPAA‚ you are legally not allowed to view the patient’s information. Reasons being‚ you do not have permission from that patient to view their medical record and you are not their doctor. 2. In this case‚ how would you be able to correct your error and provide the missing documents and instructions to the patient while still protecting patient confidentiality under HIPAA? You could
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Institute of Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg‚ MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved May 28 2012‚ from http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-92/SP800- 92.pdf HIPAA Security Guidance (2006). Retrieved May 28 2012‚ from http://www.hhs.gov/ ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/securityrule/remoteuse.pdf
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Patient satisfaction is critically important to the health care industry today due to the competitive nature of the field. Patients have many choices when it comes to seeking medical attention‚ and hospitals are dependent on return business to stay operational. Hospitals have traditionally utilized the semi-private room model in order to increase profitability. A semi-private room is a room shared by two patients. Each patient is given their own bed‚ but they usually share a single bathroom.
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Definition of the Following terms: 1. System Security a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks 2. Threat A threat‚ in the context of computer security‚ refers to anything that has the potential to cause serious harm to a computer system. A threat is something that may or may not happen‚ but has the potential to cause serious damage. Threats can lead to attacks on computer systems‚ networks and more. Threats are potentials for vulnerabilities to turn into attacks on computer
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1 Agency Visit Paper BSHS/332 Professional Ethics and Legal issues in Human Service In summer of 2011 I made a decision that would change my life to move from Southern California to Atlanta‚ Georgia. I was laid off‚ bored‚ and wanting a change in my life and with the support of my family and friends I made the move by myself. The first few months down there were a culture shock; I had no friends and no job. One I received a phone call to work for a nonprofit organization called
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circulated by an entity that falls under the governance of HIPAA; the privacy regulations mandate safeguards for protected health information‚ and the responsibility for maintaining them also extends to third-party business partners. Any information about your private and should remain between the patient and doctor. The healthcare institution is required by federal and state laws to protect the privacy of patient’s health information. HIPAA regulations define health information as "any information
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HUMAN RESOURCE PRESENTATION Desiree Freeland‚ Dwyn Francis‚ Georgina Fernandez‚ Jennifer Kline‚ Jessica Gorham July 06‚ 2015 Introduction Past‚ Present‚ & Future Legal Issues ◦State and federal statutory and regulatory enactments ◦Current and future trends of physician trends and rights ◦Legal and ethical obligations related to documentation‚ retention‚ storage‚ and use of medical records. State and federal statutory and regulatory enactments for Patients Rights ◦ Patients each have rights through
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I will be working in the Department of health and Human Services. If the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) with whom I work has to take a case to the Circuit Court for an appeal‚ it will be with the judicial branch. According to Dana C. McWay‚ the judicial branch is a branch of the governemt who evaluate laws‚ clarifies laws‚ resolves disagreements and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. According to Dana C. McWay‚ there are four elemens a AAG must show to succesed in a negligence
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| Administrative Ethics | HCS 335 | Kim Watson 8/22/2011 | When it comes to privacy it has become a major concern to both patients and the medical staff. HIPAA and privacy rules help to protect the patient’s privacy. “The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans‚ health care clearinghouses‚ and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions
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