Columbia Southern University Ethics of A Healthcare Practitioner Case Study

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Read Ethics Issue 1 in your textbook on page 227.

As you read the issue, consider the concepts and topics taught throughout Chapter 8: Privacy, Security, and Fraud. Examine the issues presented by the case study, and write a response to the questions below.

  • Is it ethical for healthcare practitioners to share the condition of a patient with the patient’s employer? Why, or why not?
  • As a healthcare practitioner, how can you address questions and concerns from friends and family members regarding information on others discovered in the course of their employment? Explain your answer.

Respond to these questions in a Word document. Your responses should be at least one page, double-spaced, with Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Use APA style writing when creating your response.

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Ethics Issues Privacy, Security, and Fraud Ethics ISSUE 1: Discussion Questions information about patients to unauthorized sources. HIPAA has made it illegal, under threat of penalty, for health care practitioners to disclose confidential health 1. Sharon, a second-year nursing student, is completing a surgical rotation in a community hospital. At the breakfast table, Sharon's husband asks her to find out what is wrong with one of his employees, who to work. Is it ethical for Sharon to give her husband this information? Explain your answer. has been hospitalized for several days. He is interested in knowing when the man may be able to return 2. What should health care practitioners do when family members or friends ask them for information about others that they have discovered in the course of their employment? Ethics ISSUE 2: Some sources distinguish between privacy in health care and confidentiality. According to the experts, privacy refers to the right of an individual to be let alone and to the fact that patients must authorize release of infor- mation. Confidentiality refers to limiting disclosure to authorized persons and ensuring protection of records documenting communication between providers and patients. Discussion Questions 1. Why are privacy and confidentiality so important to patients and to health care practitioners? 2. The health care practitioners listed below have followed the letter of HIPAA law. Have they also acted ethically? Explain why or why not. patient asks for a list of disclosures his physician has made of his health information within the past s, and he is politely asked to submit his request in writing. te person responsible for faxing a patient's protected health information from one physician's office to Hier sends the information to the wrong fax number. SCS ISSUE 3: Criminal Health Care Fraud Statute (18 United States Code Section 1347) prohibits knowingly and will- or attempting to execute, a scheme intending to: Defraud any health care benefit program or means of false pretenses, representations, or promises) any of the money or property owned by, or or control of, any health care benefit program. y executing, ukin (by Lider the custody Discussion Questions Of the following practices, which constitutes fraud? Billing for services not provided. Billing for services not covered under a patient's health insurance. Chopter 8 | Privacy, Security, and Fraud 227
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A health care practitioner should not share the condition of a patient with the patient’s
employer without the patient’s consent. Generally, health care practitioners are required by state
laws and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), to maintain
confidentiality of patients’ records (Findlaw, 2018). However, a healthcare practitioner may
disclose confidential information if permitted by the patient concerned. Therefore, a healthcare
practitioner may share the condition of a patient with the patient’s employer, only if the patient
gives consent, mainly in form of writing. Nonetheless, there are some special circumstances
under which a medical practitioner may disclose a patient...


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