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3. What is a HIPAA compliance officer and what is their role in the medical office? 4. What is a "notice of privacy practices" and why is it important? 5. Who legally owns the medical record? 6. What are the exceptions to the privacy rule? Name five. Portland Community College Medical Assisting Program Page 3 Sec 1 Pages: 3 of 6 Words:491 of 663 E 15 MacBook Pro F4 FS F7 F8

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3)Health insurance portability and accountability act is a method of maintaining patient data securely. The role of the officer is to

• Supervise and maintain security when transferring data electronically
• To maintain high patient data protection

4)Notice of privacy practice means informing the patients about their rights and maintaining privacy in revealing the health plans of them and the health care provider. It is important because it creates an awareness of the treatment and the health care provider

5)The physical medical record is owned by the physician and original medical record is owned by patient. Mist of the time the provider are the owners of medical records

6)some of the exception are

• To save a patient from life threatening situations
• Disclosure based by law
• During licensing and regulations
• When an emergency or disaster
• To provide public health.