MS Medical Scribe Compliance & HIPAA Regulations 5

Question 1

A medical scribe's login credentials are shared with a colleague who forgot their password. This violates which HIPAA Security Rule requirement?

Accepted Answer

Unique user identification

Answer

HIPAA's Security Rule requires unique user identification so that each person accessing ePHI has their own ID, enabling accountability and audit trail accuracy.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an 'incidental disclosure' that is permissible under HIPAA?

Accepted Answer

A patient overhearing their name called in a waiting room

Answer

Incidental disclosures that occur despite reasonable safeguards — like overhearing a name in a waiting room — are permitted under HIPAA when minimum necessary standards are met.

Question 3

How long must a covered entity retain HIPAA-related policies and procedures?

Accepted Answer

6 years from the date of creation or last effective date

Answer

HIPAA requires covered entities to retain documentation of policies and procedures for 6 years from the date of creation or the date it was last in effect.

Question 4

A medical scribe is asked to document a 'social history' section. Which of the following pieces of information would be considered PHI?

Accepted Answer

The patient's occupation documented in connection with their medical record

Answer

PHI includes any individually identifiable health information, so a patient's occupation documented as part of their medical record constitutes PHI.

Question 5

Under HIPAA, what is the 'right to an accounting of disclosures'?

Accepted Answer

The right to receive a list of certain disclosures the covered entity has made of the patient's PHI

Answer

Patients have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures their provider has made of their PHI, excluding disclosures for TPO purposes.

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MS Medical Scribe Compliance & HIPAA Regulations 5