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What are the privacy and security rules specified by HIPAA?
The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards for protecting patients’ medical records and other PHI. It specifies what patients rights have over their information and requires covered entities to protect that information. The Privacy Rule, essentially, addresses how PHI can be used and disclosed.
What are the HIPAA security rules?
The HIPAA Security Rule requires physicians to protect patients’ electronically stored, protected health information (known as “ePHI”) by using appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of this information.
What are the 3 types of safeguards required by HIPAA’s security Rule?
The HIPAA Security Rule requires three kinds of safeguards: administrative, physical, and technical.
What is the major goal of the privacy Rule?
A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public’s health and well being.
What is the unique identifier rule?
HIPAA establishes and requires unique identifiers for: Employers – EIN, or Employer Identification Number, is issued by the Internal Revenue Service and is used to identify employers in electronic transactions.
What is the main goal of the privacy Rule?
Who must comply with HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Healthcare providers that are typically required to comply with HIPAA Rules includes hospitals, health clinics, nursing homes, doctors, dentists, pharmacies, chiropractors, and psychologists.
What are the consequences for violating HIPAA rules?
Civil penalties can be issued to any person who is discovered to have violated HIPAA Rules. The Office for Civil Rights can impose a penalty of $100 per violation of HIPAA when an employee was unaware that he/she was violating HIPAA Rules up to a maximum of $25,000 for repeat violations.
What applies to the Hippa privacy rules?
The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses , and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically.
What you should know about the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP): must be given to patients upon intake.