QUIZ: Health Law
How well do you know your responsibilities regarding health care? Is your medical organization complying with state and federal regulations? Is your patients' right to privacy regarding their medical records being protected? Test your knowledge of legal rights regarding health care, privacy of medical records, and managed health care organizations by answering "true" or "false" to the statements below.
| True | False | 1. If you are covered under a PPO, you may visit any health care provider at the same cost. |
| True | False | 2. Medicare provides health insurance assistance to people who are over the age of 65 or disabled. |
| True | False | 3. A living will (advanced directive) provides the same instructions regarding health care as a durable power of attorney. |
| True | False | 4. HIPPA was enacted to allow easier sharing of medical records among hospitals and doctors and no longer requires patients' consent to share medical records. |
| True | False | 5. Health law attorneys generally handle medical malpractice and defective pharmaceutical claims. |
| True | False | 6. Medicare provides health insurance assistance to low-income people. |
| True | False | 7. HIPPA provides standards for health care providers regarding privacy of patients' medical records. |
| True | False | 8. HMOs and PPOs provide the same type of health insurance coverage plans. |
| True | False | 9. SCHIP is a program, sometime administered under an expanded state Medicaid program, designed to provide health care assistance to uninsured and low-income children. |
| True | False | 10. Employer-sponsored group insurance plans are not regulated by HIPPA. |
Your health law attorney will know that these are the correct answers:
1. False; 2. True; 3. False; 4. False; 5. False; 6. False; 7. True; 8. False; 9. True; 10. True.
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