What does the HIPAA minimum necessary standard require a covered entity to do?
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Medical Office Assistant · Administrative Procedures and Office Management
Minimum Necessary and Permissible Disclosures (TPO)
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Which activities are covered by the minimum necessary standard?
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Under the minimum necessary standard, what does it mean for a covered entity to make 'reasonable efforts' to limit PHI?
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Which of the following is a common way a practice implements the minimum necessary standard?
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For routine, recurring disclosures of PHI, how should a covered entity satisfy the minimum necessary standard?
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You’ll learn to
- Explain the HIPAA minimum necessary standard and how it limits uses, disclosures, and requests of protected health information.
- Identify treatment, payment, and health care operations (TPO) uses and disclosures that are permitted without an individual's authorization.
- Recognize the exceptions to the minimum necessary standard, including treatment disclosures, disclosures to the individual, authorized disclosures, disclosures to HHS, and disclosures required by law.
- Apply role-based access, reasonable safeguards, and office policy to share only the information needed for a given task.
- Distinguish activities that require a valid authorization (such as marketing and psychotherapy notes) from those permitted under TPO.
Sources & references
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Information Privacy (HIPAA)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Your Rights Under HIPAA
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