HIPAA Vocabulary Worksheet

Health Information Portability Protection Act
Year HIPAA was established
Responsible for creating policies and procedures showing how an entity will comply with HIPAA
Responsible for controling accessing areas of data storage to protect against inappropriate access
Responsible for protecting communications containing protected health information when transmitted electronically over an open network
Protected Health Information
One of three reasons a doctor may transfer a patients medical records to another doctor's office
Written complaints concerning HIPAA violations are filed with this individual
Department of Health and Human Services
Range of possible fines for HIPAA violations
Number of segments to the HIPAA regulation
Refers specifically to access to a patient's health information
Limited to persons authorized to use information; restricted
Treatment, Payment and Operations
Electronically protected health information