Author Question: What does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 hold mental health ... (Read 94 times)

deesands · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

What does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 hold mental health care professionals legally and ethically responsible for?

A) Portability of medical records
B) Accurate documentation
C) Correct billing of insurance companies
D) Client confidentiality

Question 2

On admittance to a mental health unit, a client tells the nurse that he or she does not want anyone to know that he or she is a patient there. The next day the nurse receives a phone call requesting information about the client.

The nurse refuses to acknowledge that the client is a patient on the unit. What is the best way to describe how this nurse is acting?
A) Confidently
B) Legally
C) Ethically
D) Privately