medical insura Applying Your Knowledge Case 2.1 Working with HIPAA In each of th
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medical insura Applying Your Knowledge Case 2.1 Working with HIPAA In each of these cases of release of PHI, was the HIPAA Privacy Rule followed? Why or why not? AL024 lblratary meiel est oalis se pii by ho B. LO 2.4 A physician mails a copy of a patient's medical record to a specialist who intends to treat the patient C. LO2.4 A hospital faxes a patient's healthcare instructions to a nursing home to which the patient is to be transferred. LO 2.4 A doctor discusses a patient's condition over the phone with an emergency room physician who is providing the patient with emergency care. D. E. LO2.4 A doctor orally discusses a patient's treatment regimen with a nurse who will be involved in the patient's care. F. LO 2.4 A physician consults with another physician by e-mail about a patient's condition. G. LO2.4 A hospital shares an organ donor's medical information with another hospital treating the organ recipient. H. LO 2.4 A medical insurance specialist answers questions from a health plan over the phone about a patient's dates of service on a submitted claim Case 2.2 Applying HIPAA LO 2.4 Rosalyn Ramirez is a medical insurance specialist employed by Valley Associates, PC, a midsized multispecialty practice with an excellent record of complying with HIPAA rules. Rosalyn answers the telephone and hears this question:Explanation / Answer
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A. Yes as per the HIPPA regulations, The privacy rule allows Covered health provider to share protected health info for the purpose of treatment without patient autherisation, as long as they use reasonable safegaurd when doing the same. For example, when faxing protected health information to a telephone number that is not regularly used, a reasonable safeguard may involve a provider first confirming the fax number with the intended recipient.
B. Yes, Physician can share the records of the patient to the other physician until unless he/she involved in the treatment patient care. if not they can share the record for the help from the other physician unless the patient identification Information is removed.
C. Yes, Hospital can Fax the details of patient care to the Nursing Home to which the patient is getting transfered under regulations of HIPPA, by taking protective way with the legal authorisation of the Patient/Patient relatives.
D. Yes, a doctor can share the patient condition with the emergency room physician, within the entity and under the particular patient care team.
E. Yes, Doctor can share orally about the patient treatment regimen with the nurse, a doctor may be able to reasonably safeguard the information by lowering his or her voice, but the same info must be documented.
F. Yes, if the patient data is followed with protective way through authorisation of patient untill unless the other physician is within the patient care team. or else using the safegaurds the data can be discussed/shared.
G. Yes, with safegaurd measures, proper documentation and ith patient authorisation.
H. Yes, can answer the questions over the phone by insurance specialist but the data must be documented and the number used to be registered with the right patient identification data.
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