HIPAA Compliance

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1- If you are not sure HIPAA applies to you, you should?

disregard the law

contact your professional association

assume that it does not apply to you

2- The deadline to comply with HIPAA regulations was?

April 14, 2003

September 14, 2003

January 1, 2003

3- Which professionals are considered covered entities?

Only psychologist

All MFTs and LCSWs

All health professionals who send information via electronic transmission

4- Which professionals are exempt from HIPAA regulations?

psychologist

a health care provider who never transmits electronic data

MFTs and LCSW

5- Using a FAX machine is?

not considered to be the same as using electronic transmission

is the same as using electronic transmission

illegal

none of the above

6- Business associates may include?

bookkeepers

lawyers

accountants

all of the above

7- Who is responsible for making sure that all associates follow the HIPAA Guidelines?

the patient

the associate

the therapist

8- HIPAA stands for?

health insurance private practioners association

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

health insurance physician and providers association

9- HIPAA provides standards for protecting the records and privacy of individuals by?

making the transmission of electronic claims (billing) secure

providing rules for the secure storage of patient records

streamlining the insurance billing process

all of the above

10- Privacy officers are responsible for?

meeting HIPPA requirements by developing the necessary new documents

computer storage of patient records

training staff to comply with regulations

all of the above