INCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE VERSUS HIPAA VIOLATION
CRITICAL THINKING: INCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE VERSUS HIPAA VIOLATION Performance Objective Task:Make a decision using your best judgment after reading each case study regarding whether it should be considered an incidental disclosure, a HIPAA violation, or neither. Conditions: Use a pen or pencil.
Standards: Time: minutes Accuracy: (Note: The time element and accuracy criteria may be given by your instructor.) Directions: Read through each case study, Use your best judgment and circle whether you think it is an incidental disclosure (ID), a HIPAA violation (V), or neither (N). Briefly explain the answer that you selected.
Scenarios 1. Dr. Practon’s office sign-in sheets ask patients to fill in their names, appointment times, and physicians’ names. IDExplain: 2. It is Monday morning and you are inundated with work that needs to be done. You receive a telephone call and give patient information without confirming who is on the line.
IIExplain: 3. You send a fax, but accidentally you switch the last two digits of the fax number and the patient’s billing information is received in the wrong location. IDExplain: 4. You are in a high-traffic area where patients might overhear PHI, and you are careful to keep your voice down. IDExplain:
