My
understanding of the Privacy Rule’s requirements re: the NPP are as
follows.
Each patient
must be provided a copy of the “entire” NPP upon their first contact after
4/13/2003
We
must post our NPP on line if we have a web-page
We
must attempt to obtain written a
Title: PRIVACY: One more question about NPP
Deborah, I
work primarily from the provider side, but here’s my understanding. Once a patient receives a current copy
of your NPP, your responsibility becomes notification of changes and provision
of the modified NPP upon request.
Donald L.
The hospital I work at has an on-site wellness center. It is likely that
members of the wellness center will, at least one time, work with a trainer.
The trainer normally obtains basic health information (PHI?) from the
member to determine the best form of exercise for the member.
With respec
Here's
my take.
1) I
agree you wouldn't need a BA with the state as this is an audit required
by law. I do think you might have to account for disclosures made during the
audit. I don't think you would need a BA Agreement with a company the state
contracts with to perform the audit. The co
Title: RE: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions)
I would like to introduce myself, as I am new to this listserv. I am the HIPAA Privacy Project Manager for a health plan in Illinois. Even though I am new to this listserv, several of your names are familar from the HIPAAlive list
I just discussed these with our Risk
Mgr regarding BAA's we receive from others when we are clearly NOT their
BA. My stance is that we should NOT sign these, but the question asked was
"What's the harm?" I believe it would put us in a legal runaround if
there is an inappropriate disclosure
Can anyone recommend a checklist or guide of when to send, and when not to send, an authorization?
Jill Rubin, Esq.
(617)388-2404
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Title: Email communications
This may have been addressed and I missed it. As a health plan/TPA:
Would this solution cover our legal risk for HIPAA:
An email encryption software that we install on each computer that the users HAVE to choose to encrypt when they feel necessary. If we give
To
your two questions below: no, and no.
Rachel Foerster
Principal Rachel Foerster
& Associates, Ltd. Professionals in Health
Care EDI 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Voice:
847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rfa-edi.com
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Susan,
I respectfully disagree with the basic
premise you have stated below that, “Any
insurance carrier that forwards information, in electronic form, to a 2nd
insurance carrier for processing of the claim, makes the provider a covered entity.”
When a provider sends a paper-claim
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