·        creates national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information.

Under _____ , patient has the right to notification of a facility’s privacy practices, to receive notice of all disclosures of PHI, to have access to, view, and obtain a copy of their PHI, and to restrict parts of their PHI.  They have more control over their medical records, they can make informed choices regarding how their personal health information is used, and the violators are held accountable if patient privacy rights are compromised

·       HIPAA contains 2 provisions:  that regulates insurance reform and  that deals with administrative simplification

·       must be trained in regard to HIPAA compliance

·        stands for protected health information

·       Information about patient rights regarding PHI  have to be included in a ________________________ as well as the name of a person to contact at the facility for more information and an effective date

·        must be presented before a patient receive care but it is postpone in case of emergency care

·       Always document any form of communication about the patient’s preferences in releasing

·       The division of the federal government that enforces privacy standards is

·       All healthcare facilities should have a person designated as a

·       Complaints regarding patient privacy must be filed within _______ from when the patient knew or should have known that an act occurred

Providers must review requests for amendments of PHI and act on them within ______

·        is an organization that transmits information in an electronic form during a transaction

occurs as a result of another use or disclosure that is permitted, and cannot be reasonably prevented, it is limited in nature

·       The following could be considered an ______________: confidential conversations between providers with patients overheard through the wall in adjacent examination rooms, physicians speaking with patients in semiprivate hospital rooms, seeing other patient names when signing in at the office

When sending health information via ___ the medical assistant should verify the fax number, direct the fax to a certain person, and use cover sheets that stress confidentiality

·       is a timesaver in the medical office

The system of recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions is called

An accounting period of _____ is a fiscal year

is the recording part of the accounting process

·       is an accounting system that has the least chance of errors because of the small amount of posting required

·      _____ accounting system requires the least initial expense and training to set up and use

Expenses in the medical office should be monitored on a ______ basis to remain within the budget

·       ____________ of any business should always show how much has been collected, how much is owed and how much was earned in a given period

·       The “________” system of accounting records charges as income when the payment is received

·       The _________ basis is a system of accounting in which income is recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when incurred

·       The money value of a property or of an interest in a property in excess of claims or liens against it is called 

·       Something that is owed is called a

·       The properties owned by a business are called

are debts incurred and not yet paid

·       Assets = ________ + Proprietorship

·       If you summarized the physician’s financial situation in the basic accounting equation, amount owed to a medical supply company would be included in the

·       To determine that the books for the practice are in balance, the medical assistant can perform a

·       When the end-of-month accounts receivable figures agrees with the figure arrived at by adding all the account card balances, the accounts are said to be

An __________________________ helps to eliminate mistakes in the order and in shipments

·       A ________________ describes the contents of a package.

·       Receipts are usually deposited in a

·       Petty cash funds are usually kept in _________________________.

·       For every disbursement from the petty cash fund, a __________should be completed

·       The following are _____________________: number of withholding allowances claimed, length of the pay period involved, and total earnings of the employee

·       The Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate is Form

·       W-2 forms should be given to all employees before _____________ of each year

·       The Transmittal of Income and Tax Statement must be transmitted annually using Form

·       The following records must be available for review by the ____: social security numbers for employees, number of withholding allowances claimed, and amount of gross salary