HIPPA Practice Questions and Answers
1. HIPPA would permit disclosure of protected health information (PHI)
about a patient to the news media in which of the following situations?:
The patient gives specific written permission for the disclosure.
2. When working with EMS providers who are not from your EMS
agency, but are involved with treating the patient you transported,
you are permitted to share protected health information (PHI) with the
other agency:: If sharing the information is necessary for the treatment of
the patient.
3. Which of the following is the best example of adherence to the
"minimum necessary" rule?: While sending claim information to an
attorney for litigation review, an ambulance billing professional sends a list
with the name and address of all the patients transported that day, in
addition to the information on the patient information that was properly
requested.
4. Which of the following would most likely be a permissible "incidental
disclo- sure" of protected health information (PHI) under HIPPA?: Giving
a radio report to the receiving hospital even though the frequency can be
monitored by the public.