HIPAA (ID A/H/S)

Which of the following is NOT a main focus of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

To be considered to have a pre-existing condition, a new employee must have actually received medical attention, including medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, for the condition within how many months immediately preceding the new employment start date?

Any previous health insurance coverage that can be used to shorten the pre-existing condition waiting period is called what?

A health plan, a health care clearinghouse, or a health care provider who transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a HIPAA transaction is called what?

As it relates to HIPAA, what is PHI?

What must a covered entity obtain for any use or disclosure of an individual’s protected health information (PHI) that is not for treatment, payment or health care operations or otherwise permitted or required by the Privacy Rule?

One of the main objectives of the HIPAA law is to make it easier for workers to quit or change jobs without risking loss of health insurance coverage. This main objective is known as what?

HIPAA guarantees that a person who is losing group coverage (due to quitting a job, for example), has the right to purchase individual coverage if he or she meets all the qualifications. All of the following are qualifications EXCEPT which one?

When an individual is starting a new job which provides employer-sponsored group health insurance for employees, a group health plan may not impose a pre-existing condition exclusion (waiting period) if the person has had what?