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Assignment:

Question 1. Benefits of a corporate compliance program include:

a) Exposing possible fraud and abuse by employees to report potential problems;

b) Identifying and preventing criminal and unethical conduct;

c) Improving billing practices and thus increasing revenue;

d) Identifying weaknesses in internal systems and management;

e) Enabling employees to report potential problems;

f) Helping to document improvements in the quality of patient care;

g) All of the above;

h) None of the above;

Question 2. Government interests that can override an individual's freedom to choose include all but:

a) Preservation of the ethical integrity of the medical profession

b) Preservation of the liberty interest

c) Preservation of life

d) Prevention of suicide

e) Protection of innocent third parties

Question 3. Which of the following statements is false:

a) HIPAA does not allow the release of patient information with a court order;

b) HIPAA does not require patient authorization for their protected health information to be used for treatment, payment, or operations purposes;

c) Even when disclosures of protected health information are allowed, HIPAA only allows the minimum necessary amount of information needed to achieve the purpose of the disclosure;

d) HIPAA requires patients receive a notice of privacy practices from health providers;

e) HIPAA preempts state laws that provide less protection or grant the patient fewer rights to access;