IAPP CIPP/US Practice Exam

Category - Professional

How is information blocking defined under the Cures Act?
  1. Organizational practice unintentionally prohibiting access to electronic health records
  2. Technical manipulation of EHI that prevents a patient from obtaining a true and accurate record of their own treatment records
  3. Business, organizational and technical practices that prevent or discourage access to, exchange of, or use of EHI when the actor is aware or should be aware, that such practices are likely to interfere with access, exchange of, or use of the EHI.
  4. Non-disclosure of medical billing records by a healthcare provider’s third-party billing vendor
Explanation
Answer: C - Information blocking is best defined by the Cures Act as business, organizational or technical practices that prevent or discourage access to, exchange of, or use of EHI when the actor is aware or should be aware, that such practices are likely to interfere with access, exchange of or use of the EHI.
 
If information blocking practices are implemented by a healthcare provider, the provider of services must know that the practice is unreasonable and likely to prevent, interfere with or significantly discourage access to, exchange of, or use of EHI.
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