Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby

Exercise 17

Working with HIPAA
In each of these cases of release of PHI, was the HIPAA Privacy Rule followed? Why or why not?
A. A laboratory communicates a patient's medical test results to a physician by phone.
B. A physician mails a copy of a patient's medical record to a specialist who intends to treat the patient.
C. A hospital faxes a patient's healthcare instructions to a nursing home to which the patient is to be transferred.
D. A doctor discusses a patient's condition over the phone with an emergency room physician who is providing the patient with emergency care.
E. A doctor orally discusses a patient's treatment regimen with a nurse who will be involved in the patient's care.
F. A physician consults with another physician by e-mail about a patient's condition.
G. A hospital shares an organ donor's medical information with another hospital treating the organ recipient.
H. A medical insurance specialist answers questions from a health plan over the phone about a patient's dates of service on a submitted claim.