Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. HHS is prohibited from imposing civil penalties if the violation is unintentional and corrected within 30 days.
2. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a report of numerous errors related to a case with patient demographics similar to those of Joan Rivers.
3. The HITECH Act is a subset of the original HIPAA legislation.
4. The Omnibus Rule requires standards for the disclosure and use of protected health
information (PHI), including established standards of enforcement for penalties and breach
notification.
5. Compliance with the HITECH Act is to occur in three stages, and organizations can receive financial incentives for achieving compliance objectives by the designated dates.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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