Question

1) John goes to the dentist and signs in when he arrives. After he acknowledges him, the receptionist uses a black marker to cross out John's name because that is a requirement of HIPAA

True or false

2) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating allegations of Medicare fraud by Dr. Y and reviews Dr. Y's medical records of his Medicare patients, without the patients consent. Dr. Y alleges that HHS is in violation of HIPAA. Is Dr. Y correct.?

True or false

3) Getting consent from individuals to use and disclose their PHI for treatment, payment and health care operations is optional under the Privacy Rule for all covered entities.

True or false

4) A covered entity need permission from the patient to disclose protected health information to HHS when HHS is undertaking a compliance investigation or review or enforcement action.

True or false

5) A physician is required to apply the minimum necessary standard when discussing a patient’s medical chart information with a specialist at another hospital.

true or false

6) The primary purpose of medical records is to document patient care.

true or false

Answer 1

1. False. The name is a document of his visit. It should not be strike out.

2. False.

3. False. Patient details should be confidential and require patient consent to disclose it.

4. True. Patients information should be confidential and need patient consent to disclose it to anyone.

5. True. It is the responsibility of the physician to make sure that the referring health care facilities should have at least minimum health care facilities.

6. True. Medical records primarily aim to document patient care details.