E-Health Practices _____

question 8

Multiple Choice

E-health practices _____.

• A) Are subject to the same requirements for safeguarding confidentiality of PHI
• B) Have been assigned exempt status from HIPAA regulations and requirements
• C) Govern only those patients who receive Medicare reimbursable services
• D) May be implemented by entities subject to Medicare Conditions of Participation

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Definitions:

Statute

A law that has been formally enacted by a federal or state legislative body.

Civil Action

A legal proceeding initiated by an individual or entity, typically for the resolution of a dispute involving private rights and remedies.

Criminal Violation

An act that breaches the laws governing society, subjecting the offender to legal sanctions.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

An economic school of jurisprudence in which all costs and benefits of a law are given monetary values. Laws with the highest ratios of benefits to costs are then preferable to those with lower ratios.