law and ethics ch 9 (phlebotomy)

Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996

a confidential communication that a person on the witness stand cannot be forced to disclose

to surrender a claim, privilege, or right the utterance of a false charge that damages another's reputation.

The connection between two or more things.

• 1) personal health information (PHI) security
• 2) Standard diagnosis and treatment codes
• 3) privacy of individually identifiable health information
• 4) requires pt consent for basic treatment
• 5) written consent for nondisclosure required with all persons having access to PHI

t/f

• Medical office personnel must
• maintain the same standards of confidentiality as a physician.

• husband wife
• physician patient
• priest and patient