Security Access Controls

You are the HIM and Quality Director at a brand new hospice and palliative care facility. You are working with IT to develop access controls for your staff which will consist of two coders, one scanner technician, one chart analyzer, one technician who will handle release of information and incomplete records, two quality analysts and an employee who is responsible for medical staff credentialing.

1. Analyze the three different types of access controls noting the differences.

2. Recommend which type of access control to assign to each staff member.

Your assignment will be graded based on the following rubric:

Assignment Element	Mastery Level	Intermediate Level	Novice Level	Score
	6	4	2
Type of access controls	The three types of access controls are analyzed. The differences between them are observed.	Only two types of access controls are analyzed. The differences between them are observed.	Only one type of access controls is analyzed.
	6	4	2
Access controls recommendations for staff	Correct access controls are recommended for all staff members.	Correct access controls are recommended for four staff members.	Correct access controls are recommended for two staff members.

Remote Access Controls

As the HIM coding supervisor, you would like to migrate your in-house coding to homebased.

In anticipation of concerns that IT might raise about remote access, you have been evaluating best practices for remote security. Your recommendation would be to provide each coder with a laptop for remote access to your organizations information.

1. Explain why this is your choice in view of HIPAA security provisions.

2. Make at least four other recommendations that would control remote access and promote security.

Your assignment will be graded based on the following rubric:

Assignment Element	Mastery Level	Intermediate Level	Novice Level	Score
	6	4	2
Question #1	Three arguments are used to justify the recommendation for providing laptops to each coder.	Two arguments are used to justify the recommendation for providing laptops to each coder.	One argument is used to justify the recommendation for providing laptops to each coder.
	6	4	2
Question #2 Recommendations to control remote access and promote security.	At least six recommendations to control remote access and promote security are proposed.	At least four recommendations to control remote access and promote security are proposed.	At least two recommendations to control remote access and promote security are proposed.