Title: Class Outline 25
Course: KVCC BUS118 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Final Exam Review

2.      Final Project Review

3.      Challenges facing health care industry

a.      Medical identity theft

4.      Why is this information sensitive

a.      Hippocratic oath

b.      Privacy Concerns

c.      Finality of a leak or disclosure

5.      Other Laws Affecting Health care

6.      The Health Insurance Portability Act HIPAA

a.      Purpose

i.           Pre-existing condition

ii.           Portability

iii.           Genetic Testing

iv.           Administrative Simplification

b.      Scope

i.           Protected Health Information (PHI)

ii.           Covered Entities

1.      Health Plan

2.      Health Care Clearinghouse

3.      Health Care Provider

4.      Business Associates

a.      Amendments from HITECH Act

iii.           Requirements of the privacy rule

1.      Three main purposes

a.      Consumer control of their health information

b.      Restore consumer trust in health care system

c.      National framework for health privacy protection

2.      Use – how a covered entity shares or handles PHI within its organization

3.      Disclosure – refers to how a covered entity shares PHI with other organizations that may not be affiliate with it.

4.      Required Disclosures

a.      Personal access and request to send to other party

b.      When HHS is investigating the person

c.      Disclosures that can be denied – pg 159

d.      Disclosures without consent – pg 160

e.      Other Disclosures

i.           Made to person

ii.           Treatment, Payment, and Health care Operations

iii.           Uses and disclosures made after an opportunity to opt out

iv.           Uses and disclosures made for public health and safety activities

1.      Vital statistics and Communicable Diseases

2.      Abuse and Neglect

3.      Required by law and law enforcement

4.      Limited Data sets used or disclosed for specified activities

f.       Disclosures that require authorization

g.      Minimum Necessary Rule

h.      Amendments of PHI

i.        Accounting of Disclosures

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