After reading the HIPAA resource found in this week's Readings and Resources page, answer the following questions: Mrs

After reading the HIPAA resource found in this week's Readings and Resources page, answer the following questions:

1. Mrs. Liu's brother calls you and says Mr. Liu is away on business and he will be taking his sister to an important medical appointment today and needs the status of her treatment progress and diagnosis. What should you do?
2. Larry Lemon is a social services specialist in the Elder Law department of the Department of Justice. While having dinner with his wife at Phoebe's Fishery, he confides that he was working with an elderly gentleman who lives with a wife and two sons who take his money, physically abuse him, and make him stay at home alone while they go out to dinner. Has Larry violated HIPAA? Why or why not?
3. John Doe is a client in your office. You recently notice another new client intake scheduled for John J. Doe. What should you do and what are your concerns?
4. You are at a dinner party and one of the guests remarks how helpful you were in helping them get through their PFA hearing. Later, another guest corners you in the kitchen and wants to know what a PFA is. What is your response?
5. When you are working on your case notes, you sometimes leave your computer screen up to run to the water cooler. What concern does this raise?

Each correct answer is worth 10 points.

WEBSITE

• HIPAA Regulations (Links to an external site.): This website from the Clinical Social Workers Association will serve as a quick and easy reference regarding HIPAA regulations.