HIPAA Law: A Case Study

The department’s intervention plan was to remove the child from the home and place her in a safer environment. My client’s response to this intervention at first was very angry and resentful towards the department. Father especially angry with the department and did not understand why he couldn’t keep his daughter since mother had the drug issue. I realized how difficult it would be to build rapport with them after removing their child. I ensured them that I was there to help; I was very empathic and showed them that I cared about their case. I worked with the parents and helped them to

Several years ago, a mandate was ordered requiring all healthcare facilities to progress from paper charting and record keeping to electronic health record (EHR). This transition to electronic formatting has pros and cons associated with it. I will be describing the EHR mandate, including who initiated it, when it was initiated, the goals of the EHR, and how the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration are tied into it. Then I will show evidence of research and discuss the six steps of this process as well as my facilities progress with EHR. Then I will describe meaningful use and how my facility attained it. Finally, I will define HIPAA law, the possible threats to patient confidentiality relating to EHR, and how what my facility

What the HIPAA law states. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a law that was enacted in 1996 establishing safeguards and rules to protect patients demographics and medical records. These rules limit the circumstances of how health records are used or obtained without the patient's authorization. HIPAA has set national standards that require these safeguards to maintain the attainability of health records and keeping them classified. This rule applies to any institutional and noninstitutional providers and only a written authorization by the patient will allow any use of their health records be disclosed.

CPSW did a home visit to meet with Ms. Berner and to discuss about her safety plan since the children are moving with her on10/29/16 from the foster provider. Ms. Berner was late for her appointment and CPSW waited a 40 minutes for Ms. Berner. Ms. Berner apologized for being late. CPSW explained Ms. About safety plan. Ms. Berner understood and she signed them. Ms. Berner stated that she will be doing a house arrest for two weeks and the recommendation of her criminal court is to obey law and continue taking her medication on time and seeing her therapist. Also, cooperating with her PO and CPSW. CPSW consulted with the supervisor and she has approved both children to move back with Ms. Berner. Goal 1-2

The HIPAA law dictates how our organization not only handles patient privacy and record keeping, but also how we handle patients’ request to view medical records for a variety of reasons. A patient in our organization requested to attain complete access to his records that include psychiatric records as well. Although the HIPAA law grants access to patients, there may be some crucial provisions that require special attention. I have done extensive research to provide our organization with the lawful protocols we must follow in order to protect our organization and our patient’s rights as well. HIPAA’s concise guidelines are what provide our organization and patient a clear stance on our responsibilities as well as limitations in the release

You take pride in the work that you and your team complete. You will research and review an assignment to make sure you have properly completed it. You continue to keep me abreast of your work schedule. As stated earlier you are knowledgeable of policies and you ensure that polices are followed when working with staff, community, clients, and central office. Ronda when you have questions or need clarification you will consults with me or BPI. I can depend on you to oversee Region 3 when I am away and you able to work independently with little to know instructions. When I am away APS supervisor know that they can contact you to assist with difficult situations and to answer and questions that they may

The regulation I choose to discuss is the Health Insurance and Accountability Act also known as HIPAA. The reason I choose this regulation due to being a licensed Health and Medicare agent this is something I have to comply with each and every day in order to protect my licenses and my clients. This was established on August 21, 1996 and what this regulation does is protect confidential information pertain to health information. This healthcare regulation protects patients, pharmacies, covered entities and healthcare business associates. This act protects the patients by making sure there information is protected by the federal law and it should only be disclosed if the patients give you the proper authorization or consent to disclose this

However, another paper from Julia Slutsman,Nancy Kass, John McGready and Matthew Wynia addreses “Health Information, The HIPAA Privacy Rule, And Health Care: What Do Physicians Think?” indicates that HIPAA Privacy Rule and Health Care protected the individual privacy, does not improve the protection of confidentiality health information. [2] The report states that implementing HIPAA rule would impede the sharing data in regards with the patient information, hence this rule caused a negative effect on patient care and lead to the high cost for further health quality service. [2]

Throughout the course of 6/22/15- 6/27/ Igoe REACH has come into the home of Jessica to observe her behavior. The behaviors, which Jessica engages in, place her in harm of herself and her peers. Monday she engaged in elopement, which then led to a sit down strike in the middle of the road. The incident required two staff to physically escort her in the home while trying to deescalate the behavior, which included screaming and kicking staff, was punched in the face another staff was also forced in a ditch that was filled with mud. All these incidents happened while in the presence of her support coordinator for Prince William County. Collin another in home counselor came to observe Jessica. I made contact with him on his second time with Jessica. Collin was unaware of Jessica normal behavior so staff shared with him that he should, “observe” her getting of the bus. Immediately entering the house she started to engage in behaviors that led staff to verbal redirection. This took place for about 45 minutes until the AD for Community Concepts (Regina Goldston) advised him to back away and observe from a distance. It has been noted that Jessica will engage in more behavior with an increase presence of staff. Collin spoke with the home manager about the normal behaviors. The OM asked what exactly could reach provide to Jessica as far as support goes. Colin responded that they could provide more intervention training for staff, help create a scheduled activity plan, and possibly

The client arrived on time for her scheduled assessment. CPS caseworker Danita Brown referred the client because of a positive UA. The client reports her children have been placed with her mother. The client is a 26-year-old African America Female who is common law married and has 4 children one is set of twins. She graduates of Marque High School Diploma 2012. She reports being self-employed as a homecare provider. The client reports being on probation for 2 years. She denies any past or present medical concerns. She denies any mental health concerns past or present. She reports a poor relationship with her mother and very little with her father. The client reports being sexually abused when she was 8 years old. She also reports that one

HHS will support the privacy, security, and integrity of patient health information across all of its HIE acceleration activities: Over the past years, HIPAA has become a serious problem in the healthcare field. Although sharing of patient information through EHR is highly encouraged, it is crucial that only the people involved in the care of the patient have access to the patient’s data. Moreover, patients should give consent to the providers before sharing their medical information. Stage 1 of meaningful use encourages the protection of the patient’s electronic information. This principle is aligned wih the concept of meaningful use.

During his initial check-in Mr. Williamson discussed his charges, substance use, education/employment history and relevant medical background with DOC case management staff. Mr. Williamson arrives to his weekly check-in appointments on time. He indicated that he has custody of three (3) of his five (5) children and would like to seek and obtain employment to be able to support them. Mr. Williamson is collaborating with DOC case management staff to develop an individualized service plan.

Chris, Once again, I would like to welcome you back. This is the first monthly coaching you 've had since you went on workers compensation. You cannot have come back on a more exciting and challenging year. As you have already noticed, there are a few things that have changed since you left. Our new rework goal is 7.5%. Of course, because of the time you have been since you came back and started pulling routes, you haven 't had enough time to accumulate enough work to have a rework percentage. Other areas that are also considered for quality are your whole house compliance and whole house in range. For this month, you scored 100% in whole house compliance and whole house in range. The new goal in this area compared to last year of 94%. Is 95.8%. So this has increased based to last year 's percentage. Currently your yearly average are 94.9 and 95.2% respectively. So based on your current yearly percentage on rework and whole house compliance and the range. You are very close to meeting the goal in all three areas. Let 's continue working on improving our customer service so everything else will fall in place. Again, if there 's anything I can do to help you let me know and I will give you what you need to succeed at your work.

Medical technology gives accessibility to online hackers and the possibilities for an attack on the Hipaa system. The way this system is set up it goes not only to public individuals but also government individuals, so smartphones can be used to hack a server and cause delicate information to get out. Personal information is stored in one location for convenience and accessibility, which is all the same for an identity thief. Smart phones can also be used for other measures such as getting into personal information and which is also part of being a hacker.

Staff recommended that Ms. Quarles continues with community-based services and work adjustment services under she completed the scheduled 80 hours. Although Ms. Quarles stated " housekeeping" as her vocational goal, she chose to accept the community-based tryout at Wendy's. Staff encouraged her to continue looking for employment. Additionally, she needs to continue working on improving her conflict management skills, improving on her communication skills, and nonverbal cues as appropriate body language. If a community-based tryout becomes available within the next week, she should be placed there and her authorization should be closed, whether she is placed or