Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Describe the three types of covered entities and why they would need to comply with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (5 points)

1. Explain the difference between the HIPAA privacy rule and the HIPAA security rule? Provide examples of each. (5 points)
2. What is meant by de-identifying PHI? Provide 2 examples. (5 points)
3. Discuss what is meant by maintaining the integrity of the medical record? Provide an example of how you would maintain the integrity of a medical record. Provide an example of a medical record that’s integrity has not been maintained. (5 points)
4. What is a HIPAA breach? What are the rules and timeframe for reporting a HIPAA breach? (5 points)
5. Explain each safeguard: technical safeguard, administrative safeguard and physical safeguard and provide an example of each. (5 points)
6. Go to https://www.healthit.gov/topic/meaningful-consent-overview (Links to an external site.) and discuss why Electronic Health and Information Exchange (eHIE) is important. What is meaningful consent? What are the 6 key components of meaningful consent? (5 Points)