CHPS Study Guide 2026
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📋 CHPS Exam Format at a Glance
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✍️ Sample CHPS Questions & Answers
1. Under HIPAA, which of the following is NOT considered Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Data that meets the Safe Harbor de-identification standard (removing 18 specified identifiers) is no longer PHI and is not subject to HIPAA protections.
2. The Workforce Security standard under the HIPAA Security Rule's Administrative Safeguards requires covered entities to:
Workforce Security requires policies ensuring appropriate ePHI access for those who need it while preventing unauthorized access by those who do not, covering authorization, supervision, and termination procedures.
3. What is the HIPAA standard for de-identification using the Expert Determination method?
Expert Determination requires a qualified statistical or scientific expert to certify that the risk of re-identification is very small using generally accepted principles.
4. What does the Evaluation standard under the HIPAA Security Rule's Administrative Safeguards require a covered entity to perform?
The Evaluation standard requires covered entities to periodically assess how well their security policies and procedures meet the Security Rule requirements, particularly after operational or environmental changes.
5. Under HIPAA, which of the following is considered a 'hybrid entity'?
A hybrid entity is an organization that performs both HIPAA-covered healthcare functions and non-covered functions and has designated its health care components accordingly.
6. A hospital's privacy program is undergoing an external assessment. Which standard would be MOST appropriate for benchmarking privacy program maturity in a US healthcare context?
The NIST Privacy Framework (PF) provides a voluntary, risk-based framework for managing privacy risks that aligns well with US healthcare privacy requirements including HIPAA.
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