Class: Regulatory and Compliance Title: HIPAA Case Study Click the linked HIPAA Case Study. Study the case and answer the questions in a separate Word document - one paragraph per question. HIPAA Case

Week 7-Rubric, Assignment, and Lesson Content-Regulation and Compliance

Written Assignment - HIPAA Case Study

Click the linked HIPAA Case Study. Study the case and answer the questions in a separate Word document - one paragraph per question.

• HIPAA Case Study

Questions about the HIPAA Case Study

1. How does HIPAA serve to protect patient rights? Answer in general terms, but then apply the question to the case study. (Who is HIPAA serving here in terms of patient rights? Explain. Should HIPAA be applied here at all? Why or why not?)

2. What areas of HIPAA compliance impact the employer?

3. What actions should the ICMHA director take about the alleged HIPAA violation in the case?

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Lesson Content

Did You Know - Two HIPAA Facts

These are just two examples of HIPAA laws that affect the privacy of individuals.

1. Did you know that if children under the age of 18 seeks health care services possibly for sex education, sex related care, or birth control purposes that they are considered an emancipated adult? As an emancipated adult, they can claim that their medical records cannot be shared with their parents by the health care provider without permission. This is a privacy law.

2. Do you know that a physician cannot share with the husband that the wife is pregnant without her permission? The physician is required to ask the wife's permission first. This is a privacy law.