Administrative Ethics Amber Hesler HCS/335 November 14, 2011 William Bross Administrative Ethics The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act also known by the acronym HIPAA was enacted in 1996 (Highmark, 2011). The intention of the new set of laws was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system of the United States (Highmark, 2011). HIPAA affected everyone with any involvement in the health care field; although those affected the most were those involved
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has put a lot of risk in the healthcare industry at an accelerated pace. The most important financial and privacy risks in the healthcare industry include compliance with government mandates such as Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the federal False Claims Act and Medicare/Medicaid regulation – along with data privacy and employee misconduct or fraud. Each of these factors has grown in significance and will become more severe in the coming years. On average,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA was put in place to maintain disclosure of medical records which includes maintaining privacy rules on disclosure of patient information and identity. Privacy and security needs to be maintained in other to protect the services of patients, reducing ethics violations, sustaining corporate integrity as well as to increase patient satisfaction. The health care setting in which HIPPA will be used is all healthcare settings, such
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Communication through Electronic Medical Records Paper- based records have been around for many years, but with constant advancements in technology, much of information that once was recorded on paper, is now being recorded on the computer, in an attempt to eliminate paper-based medical records completely. Electronic medical records (EMR) are a replacement for the traditional paper charts. The main purpose of electronic medical records is documentation of the medical records containing the patient’s
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administration need to insure patient that their information is safe and patients have access to their medical information. In recent months Cignet health center has been found they are not following the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Affordability Act (Amednews.com, 2011).Cignet Health Care was fined $4.3 million for not handing over 41 patient health information and also turning over thousands of other patient information without disclosers. Cignet Health Care also got violation
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Patient Privacy HCS/335 06/25/11 Virginia Henkels Patient Privacy Patient privacy has been a major issue within the healthcare field for many years. With the increasing use of medical information technology more and more people are being authorized to view patient health information. Not only do physicians and nurses have access; but this has broadened to include allied health professionals, billing specialists, quality assurance employees, social workers, medical records technicians
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Administrative Ethics Paper Dennis Lang HCS/335 May 2,2011 Lawerence Fergus Administrative Ethics Paper On January 8, 2011 nineteen people were shot, six fatally, one of the survivors was United States Representative Gabrielle Gifford. She is in critical condition from a gunshot wound to the head. Her political status and the nature of the horrible crime is a national topic. This incident carries it’s own ethical issues with second amendment gun rights and public safety. Representative
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1. What are the four parts of the administrative simplification requirements of HIPAA? • Electronic transactions and code sets standards requirements • Privacy requirements • Security requirements • National identifier requirements 2. Name 3 factors used to determine whether you need to comply with HIPAA. a. Whether the health plan is self-insured or fully insured b. Whether the plan sponsor receives PHI or SHI c. How the plan sponsor utilizes SHI. 3. What are the three categories
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June 3, 2013 University of Phoenix Health Care Information Systems Terms Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - HIPAA is the federal legislation signed in 1996 to protect all patients’ medical records with privacy guidelines that are seen by health care professionals. It also gives patients more control over their medical records. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act are used mainly to protect patient information in a health care setting. HIPAA is also
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Health Care Communication Methods Health Care Communication Methods Over the last several weeks the national drug manufacturing giant, Johnson Pharmaceuticals, has been under tremendous pressure from the media over the negative effects of the blood pressure medication Exforge Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets (HCT). According to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (2013), an affiliate of Johnson Pharmaceuticals, "the medication contains two of the most prescribed high blood pressure medicines; amlodipine
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