MHA690 W1 D3
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HIPPA established laws in 1996 to protect patient privacy and hold healthcare providers accountable for misusing private health information. It requires internal and external safeguards for patient information and covers all entities providing patient care. HIPPA benefited patients by requiring protection of their information and accountability for inappropriate releases. It advanced standards of healthcare and minimum requirements for information protection. Health information technology has further expanded on these requirements to innovate systems and improve provider access to patient data while maintaining privacy.
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This document discusses the importance of maintaining confidentiality of patient health information. It notes that while many people access such sensitive information, healthcare providers have a moral and professional obligation to protect privacy and security based on laws like HIPAA. The document outlines 10 steps that healthcare executives should take to ensure confidentiality, such as limiting access to authorized individuals, educating staff, implementing security measures, and establishing policies for any necessary disclosure of information.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires health care providers and health plans to safeguard protected health information. Protected health information includes any information relating to a patient's health condition or treatment, as well as information that can be used to identify a patient. HIPAA establishes rules about who can access, use, and share a patient's health information, and requires covered entities to implement security measures, training, and agreements to protect electronic and paper health records. HIPAA also includes breach notification rules that require providers to notify patients and the government if unsecured protected health information is inappropriately accessed.
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The document provides an overview of HIPAA training. It describes the purpose and goals of HIPAA as providing health insurance coverage continuity and protecting privacy of health information. It outlines the role of health information management professionals and patients' rights to their health data as defined by the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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The document provides an overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It discusses what HIPAA is, its goals of making health insurance portable and protecting privacy, and what it consists of including standards for transactions, security, and privacy. The document outlines who must comply with HIPAA, including health plans, providers, and clearinghouses. It discusses HIPAA regulations regarding privacy of protected health information, security standards, compliance requirements, and patient rights. The key purpose of HIPAA is to protect the privacy and security of individuals' health information.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information.1 To fulfill this requirement, HHS published what are commonly known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule. The Privacy Rule, or Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, establishes national standards for the protection of certain health information. The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (the Security Rule) establish a national set of security standards for protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form. The Security Rule operationalizes the protections contained in the Privacy Rule by addressing the technical and non-technical safeguards that organizations called “covered entities” must put in place to secure individuals’ “electronic protected health information” (e-PHI). Within HHS, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has responsibility for enforcing the Privacy and Security Rules with voluntary compliance activities and civil money penalties.
Prior to HIPAA, no generally accepted set of security standards or general requirements for protecting health information existed in the health care industry. At the same time, new technologies were evolving, and the health care industry began to move away from paper processes and rely more heavily on the use of electronic information systems to pay claims, answer eligibility questions, provide health information and conduct a host of other administrative and clinically based functions.
Today, providers are using clinical applications such as computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, electronic health records (EHR), and radiology, pharmacy, and laboratory systems. Health plans are providing access to claims and care management, as well as member self-service applications. While this means that the medical workforce can be more mobile and efficient (i.e., physicians can check patient records and test results from wherever they are), the rise in the adoption rate of these technologies increases the potential security risks.
Health Policy and Delivery
The document discusses key aspects of the US health care system including:
1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which reformed the US health care system.
2) Measuring national health through reports like Healthy People 2020 and comparing US health indicators to other countries.
3) Concerns around sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and chronic illness in the US and efforts to address health disparities.
Health Policy and Delivery
The document discusses key aspects of the US health policy and delivery system, including:
1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 aims to address issues of affordability, accessibility, and financing of healthcare.
2) Measuring national health through reports and initiatives helps inform policymakers but US faces challenges of chronic diseases and health disparities.
3) Reforms are changing the US healthcare delivery system to improve safety and quality through organizations like the Institute of Medicine.
HIPAA Violations and Penalties power point
This document discusses HIPAA violations and penalties. It provides background on privacy acts leading to HIPAA and outlines stakeholders covered by HIPAA regulations like patients, physicians, hospitals, payers, and communities. The document presents the problem statement that theft of personal information has become easy and discusses HIPAA components and a PICOT question regarding if stricter penalties would reduce future violations. Literature on HIPAA violations in various countries supports stricter penalties. The proposed solution is to increase penalties to incentivize covered entities to take responsibilities more seriously and protect patient data.
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The document discusses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and how it protects patients' personal health information. It defines what constitutes patient information and provides examples of HIPAA violations. The document also outlines which healthcare providers and entities must follow HIPAA regulations, including how patient information is protected, limited access, and training requirements. Enforcement of HIPAA is discussed, including assigning patient information only to their care team, encrypting records after discharge, terminating employees who violate rules, and requiring employees to sign contracts agreeing to uphold all healthcare facility regulations.
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- 1. PATIENT PRIVACY ANNUAL TRAINING
- 3. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) • Established in 1996 • Requires internal and external safeguards for patients and providers • Established laws to protect patients private health information • Held healthcare providers accountable for misuse of patient information • Covers all patient care entities
- 4. HIPPA Entities • Title I – Health Care Access, Portability and Renewability • Title II – Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse Administrative Simplification, medical Liability Reform • Title III – Tax- Related Health Provisions • Title IV – Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements • Title V – Revenue Offsets
- 6. HIPPA Benefits • HIPPA was an innovative approach to healthcare that greatly benefited patients. • HIPPA required providers to protect their patients information and held them accountable if inappropriate information was released without approval. • The implementation of the Affordable Care Act helped to further advance HIPPA. • HIPPA enabled healthcare consistency, healthcare availability, healthcare privacy and patient information laws.
- 7. HIPPA Moving Forward • The changes implemented by HIPPA changed the standards of healthcare and minimum requirements for information protection. • Health Information Technology has further expanded on HIPPA baseline requirements by innovating organizational systems and improving provider access to patient information.
- 8. Reference • Kongstvedt, P. R. (2012). Essentials of managed health care (6th ed.).Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. • LSSC eLearning. (14 June, 2012). Legal and Ethical Issues in nursing.[Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/zjzfPARpI4Q
Editor's Notes
- Annual Training Slides
- Patient issues with privacy
- Background on HIPPA
- Title I -Sets the standards for health insurance policies -No preexisting conditions allowed -No patient health status will be permitted to determine coverage or cost -Patients will have the right to coverage and to renew coverage -MCO’s must provide special enrollments to suit unplanned life events Title II -Patients information shall be protected -Electronic transmittal protections shall be in place -Covered entities shall abide by the standards of the MCO
- How HIPPA impacts patients.
- HIPPA and technology moving forward.
- Reference for information provided.