Question

• Assume the role of a primary care clinic manager. You are training a new medical assistant, and are reviewing laws, policies, and procedures regarding PHI.
  • In the context of your clinic setting, provide your MA with two examples of appropriate (HIPAA compliant) PHI disclosures.
  • In the context of your clinic setting, provide your MA with two examples of inappropriate (non-HIPAA compliant) PHI disclosures.

Answer 1

Role of primary care clinic manager overseeing the function of the medical facility including financing, policies, patient care, and staffing. they ensure the needs of the clinic, patient, staff, medical professionals and physicians.
examples of (HIPAA compliant) PHI disclosure:
- Under the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules should support patient health data to the public that information sharing should be maintained securely and shared for only important purpose with authorization of the individual.
-Exchange for treatment HIPAA support for sharing PHI only for treatment purposes or coordinate care for patients among health care providers.
Examples of (non- HIPAA compliant) PHI disclosure:
-Incidental use like overhear a provider's confidential talk with providers or families is not permitted under HIPAA PHI disclosure, this disclosure comes under violations of privacy rules.
-The covered entity should have proper, safeguard of PHI that should limit the incidental uses or disclosure by avoiding using the patient name in the public and keeping the patient records in the public places, etc.