Checkpoint: JSBMHA and HIPAA Case Study Phoebe Edwards Carrie Cooper 4/18/13 1. How does HIPPA serve to protect patient rights? A patient’s health information can be shared with doctors and hospitals for treatment and care. The information can also be shared with family members who the patient has given permission to access the patient’s records. HIPPA’s guidelines make clear exactly what information about patients is protected. Called PHI‚ this information
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A HIPAA violation is extremely serious violation. The failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a choice in determining the amount of the penalty based on the nature and extent of the violation and the nature and extent of the harm done from the violation. The HHS is still forbidden from imposing civil penalties‚ except in cases of willful neglect. In the case of criminal penalties‚ in June 2005
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JSBMHA and HIPAA Case Study Appendix C University of Phoenix Axia College Week 5 How does HIPAA serve to protect patient rights? HIPAA protects any individual’s past their present and future information whether it be physical‚ mental or any other condition that affects that person. It also protects anything that identifies the individual involved‚ that would their name‚ address‚ birth date and Social Security number. Nothing should be discussed about any individual that an agency is
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Course Project Rough Draft MGH HIPAA violation case Jennifer Brummage Medical Law and Ethics In the health care business‚ there are certain standards and laws that have been put in place to protect our patients and their personal health information. When a health care facility fails to protect their patient’s confidential information‚ the US Government may get involved and facilities may be forced to pay huge sums of money in fines‚ and risk damaging
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Violations of HIPAA Angela Void Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on June 17‚ 2014‚ for Susan Finneman’s Medical Law and Ethics class. Violations of HIPAA Helene Michel‚ out of Hicksville‚ NY the owner of Medical Solutions Management Inc.‚ medical supply company‚ according to PHIPrivacy.net‚ was convicted of $10.7 million Medicare fraud and wrongful disclosure of private patient information in September. Michel was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
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This posting is about a former UCLA Health System employee‚ Huping Zhou‚ 47‚ from Los Angeles. Mr. Zhou was a licensed cardiothoracic surgeon in China before he immigrated to the United States of America (USA). After his immigration to the USA‚ he was employed as a researcher with the UCLA school of medicine. Few months later he was let go from his job‚ reasons unrelated to later HIPAA violation charges. He was accused and later found guilty‚ of illegally accessing medical records of his immediate
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HIPAA Violation and Prevention Many healthcare professionals and organizations have not been following the regulations set forth by HIPAA. Whenever violations of HIPAA’s privacy or security laws occur the organizations responsible must be held accountable resulting in a fine or penalty. Penalties provide incentive for organizations to guarantee patient privacy and security. Recently‚ certain people have failed to follow through with the laws and restrictions and were forced to accept the penalty
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of HIPAA and when who and how it’s education should be shared with health care workers. Employees should only have such patient health records as their job responsibilities requires and I will explain in my report why it is important to only be on the need to know basic. I will also show an outline of what’s important in knowing HIPAA rules and regulations when you are interviewing and or being hired for a position in the healthcare profession. There are consequences of violation of the HIPAA and
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Course number: HIT105 Research Project number: 40955300 HIPAA Privacy and Violation Regulations With today’s high usage of electronic medical records software in hospitals‚ clinics and health care facilities it’s important to protect every patient’s health information and medical records. As we visit the physician’s office or hospital we expect our health information to stay confidential and obtain our records at anytime for any reason. The HIPAA privacy regulation helps us feel confident that our privacy
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Unit TDA 2.2 & MU2.4 What action should be taken if there is a fire in the setting? If there is a fire in the setting‚ the alarm should be raised at once and other members of staff notified. Call 999 for the fire brigade as soon as possible. On hearing the alarm and the children and everyone must evacuate the building in a calm manner via the nearest fire exit with your class and wait a designated waiting area safely away from the fire set by the setting. You should not stop for any belongings
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