Question:1
Provide an electronic copy of your nursing home's HIPAA Privacy Notice. After reviewing this policy, discuss any practices that your nursing home has implemented to safeguard resident privacy. If you are not currently associated with a nursing home, locate a HIPAA Privacy Notice from your physician or a local health care provider and discuss how you would implement practices to ensure patient privacy. 2 ? pages
Question 2:. Provide an electronic copy of your nursing home record retention policy. If you are not associated with a nursing home, create a record retention policy based on your state's laws. Remember, Medicare mandates that medical records be kept for 5 years, but many states have laws with higher standards. 2 pages
Question 3: Why would mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS-related health care information be held to a higher privacy standard than other types of health care? 3pages
Question 4: Review the HIPAA Privacy website: https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html.
Locate the section on fines, penalties, and sanctions. What are the possible outcomes for a HIPAA Privacy Violation (fines, sanctions, and criminal/civil findings). Please be specific. 2 pages
Question 5.
a. Who is responsible for the accuracy and completion of the medical records in the nursing home?
b What requirements exist in your state nursing home regulations regarding medical records?
c. What are some of the key components of accurate medical records documentation?
d. Are there any special considerations for electronic medical record storage and management?