Hospital and Healthcare Hospital and Healthcare 778 Questions Ask question Search Order By: ActiveClear Filter 0 Votes 1 Ans How do I handle discussing the patient’s progress, test results, etc., with the patient when there are other people present? 1.15K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans From a HIPAA compliance perspective, is there a difference between the following two apps: (1) a health app offered in connection with a fully-insured group health plan that allows plan participants to request, download, and store health plan records and check the status of claims and coverage decisions; and (2) the direct-to-consumer version of this same app that allows individuals to store, manage, and organize their health records, improve their health habits, and send health information to providers? 965 viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans I heard from someone that under HIPAA I will have to do away with patient sign-in logs in my clinic. Is this true? 1.25K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What if you are treating a patient and want another professional’s advice? Can you say, “What would you do for (person’s name) if they had (whatever condition)? Can you have this discussion without the patient’s consent or awareness that it is happening? 849 viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Why are only limited services available to process, store, or transmit PHI? 1.02K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans I am a chief compliance officer whose office is located at the organization’s headquarters. I am not involved in the daily operations of our facilities. How essential is it for me to know how to code clinical diagnoses, besides knowing how to analyze deviations and ensure that policies and procedures are in place to address and correct weaknesses? 1.07K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans We are a home care agency, and we’ve completed our Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy rule preparations as a health care provider. Several sources have told us we need to have a HIPAA privacy manual for the health plans we provide employees. Can we purchase a manual or a template for this and modify it to fit our agency? A local law firm has told us that it can prepare a manual for us for $10,000–$20,000. Is there a way to develop this manual at a lower cost? 1.05K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What is HIPAA’s stance on shredding confidential paper? We have a lock on our paper compactor, so there is no way for someone to break into it. We also have a confidentiality agreement from our waste contractor. Is this enough? 1.18K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans In billing we receive paper EOBs and have to scan them into patient accounts. When we receive the EOB’s via paper and not electronically, they come with multiple patients on each page. Is it acceptable to scan the page into the billing section for the patient if their name is on it? How would you handle this? 1.19K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What constitutes a health plan? 1.18K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans If a patient requests medical records via email should we refuse and send via fax only? Have you heard of the new guidance from DHHS about emailing PHI to unsecure patient emails…what is the best way to implement this? 833 viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Is email a security risk? 1.12K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Would a company that empties our paper shred bins be considered a business associate? Or will a non disclosure agreement be appropriate? 1.26K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans How do you deal with BAs when it comes to Cyber security insurance? As a covered entity do I include them in my insurance or are they responsible to have their own cyber insurance. 1.21K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans In that case, should I request that the show me a copy and also request their security and privacy policies? 1.15K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Can you speak to the importance of strong authentication and access controls in HIPAA compliance? Is there a role for authentication tokens such as smartcards in verifying identities 1.15K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Can you explain “incidental disclosure?” Thanks! 999 viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What happens to you if you report a breach? 934 viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What about the Security Risk assessment tool on the HHS website? Isn’t that another way to conduct a risk assessment? 1.18K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Are there any regulations for setting up a compliance hotline? Should we allow employees to access the hotline via e-mail, in writing, or by phone? 1.03K viewsHospital and Healthcare « Previous 1 2 … 32 33 34 35 36 … 38 39 Next » Question and answer is powered by anspress.net