Unauthorized release of patient information to a third party

areas of law not classified as criminal

public law governed by statute or ordinance that deals with Crime and its prosecution

Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to have access

legal proceedings which a party answers questions under oath but not in open court

File that contains documents of patients med HX, record of care, progress notes, correspondence and billing information

Unique identifier assigned to health care providers

Standard

Forbids the Medicare carrier (insurance Carrier)from disclosing information other than: Date claim was received by carrier(insurance Company), date claim was paid, denied, or suspended

HIPAA provision that creates national standards to protect an individual’s personal health information and medical records

private information shared between a patient and a health care provider

Information that identifies an individual such as name address, telephone number, date of birth(DOB), Medicaid ID # , medical records # Social security #(SSN and name of employer

Latin means: ”Who as well for the king as for himself sues I this matter” this allows a private citizen to file a lawsuit against U.S government

storage of documents for an established period of time mandated by federal and/or state law

Also called statutes laws passed by legislative bodies(e.g. federal, Congress, and state legislature

An order of the court that requires a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify

requires documents (e.g. patient records) to be produced

HIPAA imposes penalties for breaches of confidentiality regarding medical records that identifies a patient by name

Death certificates must be signed within 24-72 hours in most states

A collection of data recorded when a patient seeks treatment is called

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