Jennifer Sanchez MOD 160 Night Class M.B&C Chapter 2: Compliance, Privacy, Fraud, and Abuse in Insurance Billing 1. Define compliance. 2. Name the two provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that relate most to health care. 3. Explain the difference between Titles I insurance Reform and Title II Administrative Simplification. 4. Describe the Privacy Rule under HIPAA. 5. Define protected health information (PHI). 6. Identify
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official data? Why or why not? 3. What are the possible consequences associated with the data loss? 4. Regarding the loss of privacy data, was there any data containing protected health information (PHI) making this a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance violation? 5. What action can the agency take against the employee concerned? Copyright © 2014 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company. All rights reserved. www.jblearning.com
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Communication Opinion Paper Michelle Sasser HCS/320 September 28, 2015 Terri De Wees Communication Opinion Paper How does effective communication incorporate the basic elements of communication? Communication is very important in everything that you do in everyday life whether it’s for a job or in your day to day life. When having to write in a job setting you need to put into place what you are writing about as well as to how you are writing or talking to. You would not want to write or
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the whole staff on this lovely day. I want to talk to you all of you about HIPAA. HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It was enacted by the United States Congress on August 21, 1996 and was signed by President Bill Clinton. With this being said, this is enacted by the federal government and not the state government. HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose jobs. That was Title I of HIPAA and there
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Technology Trends Proposal Part II HCS/483 Health Care Information System November 16, 2015 Technology Trends Proposal Part II Telemedicine would be a benefit for our organization. The benefit that telemedicine would provide is more services to a broader aspect of patients. Although telemedicine would be a benefit, we also need to exam the risk. Some of the items to exam are privacy risk and security safeguards. Benefit of Telemedicine Telemedicine is the answer for the organization because
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fields. “On August 21, 1996, the U.S. Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The primary goals of the act are to improve the portability and continuity of health-care coverage in group and individual markets; to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health-care insurance and health-care delivery;” (Ramutkowski & Pugh p.50) Being aware and familiar with the Health Insurance Portability Act not only benefits the patient but also protects the employee from
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trying to impose one's point of view on others. attitudes- opinions that develop from one's value system auditory- by ear authorization- permission from a patient to release medical records to a specified recipient. behavior- the way in which one acts; the actions others see. bias- unfair preference or dislike that prevents forming an impartial opinion of someone or something; favoring a certain belief or attitude. character- the sum of the values, attitudes, and behaviors a person exhibits or
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regulations regarding confidentiality, as well as situations where the use and disclosure of protected health information are permitted. (Critical Care Nurse.2012;32[5]:61-65) This is where the critical care nurses must take the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws on how important they are in the health care field, and to make sure that use the line between what is right with the confidentiality for their patients. When it comes to the health care field there are privacy and confidentiality
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position—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines. Term | Definition | How It Is Used in Health Care | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | The Health Insurance Portability Act, or HIPAA, is government legislation that was designed to protect all aspects of a patient’s healthcare. According to Wager, Lee, and Glaser (2009), we are primarily interested in the information generated or
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Analysis and Comparison of GLBA and HIPAA 1. Which US government agency acts as the legal enforcement entity for businesses and organizations involved in commerce? The Federal Trade Commission. 2. Which US government agency acts as the legal enforcement entity regarding HIPPA compliance and HIPPA violations? Office of Civil Rights(OCR) under the Department of Health and Human Services 3. List three (3) similarities between GLBA and HIPAA. 1. Safeguards Rules to protect customer
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