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Review ArticleContinuing Education

Review of HIPAA, Part 2: Limitations, Rights, Violations, and Role for the Imaging Technologist

Wilnellys Moore and Sarah Frye
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2020, 48 (1) 17-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.119.227827
Wilnellys Moore
Doisy College of Health Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
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Doisy College of Health Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
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This article is the second part of a continuing education series reviewing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The term HIPAA should be familiar to those who work in the medical profession, but this article includes details on its rules, patients’ rights, violations, breaches, and penalties. To help administer these safeguards, HIPAA requires that every organization designate a HIPAA privacy and security officer. HIPAA violations can have serious repercussions when rules are not followed; these violations can be either negligent or willful. If breaches of unsecured protected health information occur, HIPAA requires covered entities to notify affected individuals, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and in some cases the media. Violations in which the covered entity did not know of the violation are now punishable under the first tier of penalties. Unintended violations carry a minimum penalty of $100 per violation and a maximum of $50,000 per violation. All patients have a right to privacy and a right to confidential use of their medical records. The role of medical professionals includes understanding how and when to apply these HIPAA rules verbally and electronically.

  • HIPAA
  • violation
  • privacy law
  • patient rights
  • health insurance

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  • Published online Oct. 11, 2019.

  • CE credit: For CE credit, you can access the test for this article, as well as additional JNMT CE tests, online at https://www.snmmilearningcenter.org. Complete the test online no later than March 2023. Your online test will be scored immediately. You may make 3 attempts to pass the test and must answer 80% of the questions correctly to receive 1.0 CEH (Continuing Education Hour) credit. SNMMI members will have their CEH credit added to their VOICE transcript automatically; nonmembers will be able to print out a CE certificate upon successfully completing the test. The online test is free to SNMMI members; nonmembers must pay $15.00 by credit card when logging onto the website to take the test.

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