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privacy laws are based on amendments...
1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 14
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people, businesses, or agencies that must comply with HIPAA standards and privacy rule (hospital, nursing homes, pharmacy, insurances, etc)
Covered entities
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a transaction is an electronic exchange of information between two covered entities
covered transaction
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records maintained by or for a covered entity, any record used by covered entity to make decisions about an individual
(DRS) designated record set
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every health care provider must provide each patient with written notice of the provider's privacy policies
(NPP) notice of privacy practices
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any information that contains one or more patient identifiers that could be used to identify an individual, must be protected
(PHI) protected health information
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if a state's privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA, state law takes precedence
state preemption
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allows providers to conduct the necessary business operations
(TPO) treatment, payment and healthcare operations
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... of covered entities must have contracts/agreements with covered entities guaranteeing that PHI will be safeguarded
Business Associates
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4 HIPAA standards
transaction & code sets, privacy rule, security rule, national identifier standards
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HIPPA standard... transaction requirements established standards for electronic data interchange (EDI) for transmittal of information
Standard 1
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HIPPA standard... privacy rule, PHI may be disclosed with permission. (no auth needed for Disaster Relief Organization)
Standard 2
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standard HIPAA... covered entities and business associates must have security plan in place
standard 3
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standard HIPAA... provides a unique number for each provider of care
standard 4
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