Library) Medical Assistants do have a variety of different duties that they have to perform on a day to day basis. As a medical assistant‚ a person will have administrative and clinical duties; work with nurses and doctors‚ and comply with OSHA and HIPAA guidelines. Some of the administrative duties a person might have to perform as a medical assistant include: “greeting patients‚ handling correspondence‚ scheduling appointments‚ answering telephones‚ creating and maintaining patient medical records
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Name University Class Professor Date Health Insurance Portability 2 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was established in 1996 to protect the rights of individuals when receiving services from health organizations. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ensures privacy and confidentiality of individual’s health information. Health
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or HIPAA‚ is a law designed “to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets‚ to combat waste‚ fraud‚ and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery‚ to promote the use of medical savings accounts‚ to improve access to long-term care services and coverage‚ to simplify the administration of health insurance‚ and for other purposes. When confidential patient information is disclosed without consent it is a violation of the HIPAA Title
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Ethical Issues in the Workplace Eden Rubenstein Excelsior College BUS 523: Business Ethics for Managers Dr. Sharlyn Moore October 19‚ 2014 Ethical Issues in the Workplace Section 1: Introduction and Situational Analysis An ethical dilemma is a circumstance‚ which occurs when there are two and more options‚ and neither decision would be right or wrong. While this is the case usually‚ one of the options is the better option on which route to follow. We want to make the right and best decisions
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“to get the message across about a full range of services‚ you can use any number of simple tools. Table tents‚ posters‚ signs and banners in the waiting room or exam room”. 3. Is Dr. Stein’ s idea of patient testimonials a good one? What about HIPAA and privacy laws? Dr. Stein’s idea of patients’
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References: Crystal‚ G. (2010). What is Business Ethics. Wise Geek. Retrieved from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-business-ethics.htm US Department of Health and Human Services. (2010). Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/index.html
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Part I: Kitchener (1984) identified five moral principles that are viewed as the cornerstone of our ethical guidelines. The five principles‚ autonomy‚ justice‚ beneficence‚ nonmaleficence‚ and fidelity. 1. Autonomy is the principle that addresses the concept of independence. The essence of this principle is allowing an individual the freedom of choice and action. It addresses the responsibility of the counselor to encourage clients‚ when appropriate‚ to make their own decisions and to act on
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could be confidentiality‚ relationships with patients and matters related to consent‚ especially in the treatment of minors. Also you may have issues with making a decision to turn-off life support. The laws of HIPAA would need to be kept up to date as they do change often. With the HIPAA laws‚ discussing patients with those involved such as family and friends can be done under certain conditions. Although there are many efforts to keep confidentiality safe‚ it is still difficult to accomplish. Staff
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do no harm. A violation of HIPAA can be verbal or electronic. An example of a electronic violation of the Hippocratic oath is when you are on your computer looking at a patients files. In the middle of looking through the files you get called because you are needed in another room and you do not close out the files. Anyone in your office or that walks by your office can potentially see those patient files you were looking tough. An example of a verbal violation of HIPAA is when you are on the phone
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Hi‚ Jodi. Very informative post. Organizations such as Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital need to be more vigilant in safeguarding patient’s information. According to a study conducted by BitSight Technology‚ they reported that medical records sold on the black market cost $20 each (Desjardins‚ 2014). This is easy cash for cyber bandits. Moreover‚ these bandits easily retrieve medical records due to errors that can be easily ameliorated. Errors result due to health
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