HIPAA

 The purpose of HIPAA is to protect patient rights and privacy. Many health care providers, however, feel that HIPAA restricts their ability to practice medicine.

Instructions:

• In a concise paragraph, explain from the health care provider's perspective on how following HIPAA could interfere with delivering care to a patient.
• As a health care manager, you will be responsible for ensuring HIPAA compliance of your staff. Describe a scenario where one of your clinical staff (physician, physician's assistant, nurse, medical assistant, etc.) violates HIPAA, and how you handle the counseling and reporting responsibilities.
• Create documentation for the employee's file. Remember, this is legally-discoverable information. Your formatting should be clean and professional. Include all details of the incident, and actions are taken to reprimand and ensure future compliance.