Last week, there was a fair amount of discussion re: EMS/Ambulance and the
provision of the privacy notice.
Here is a thought from a non-EMS person:
In the majority of cases, patients are being transported to a hospital.
Couldn't you say that the ambulance/EMS service is participating in an
It looks like I've touched a live wire here! I certainly have no problem
with the NPP as a pedagogical tool to inform patients and members of
their HIPAA privacy protections. The few that I've seen seem to be short
and readable re-hashes of the privacy rule. For example: We may
disclose for TPO,
I have to admit that I agree with William on the fact that I think few
recipients will read or care about the NPP unless or until they perceive a
problem. I work with GHPs. The NPP is one of dozens of disclosures
mandated by various federal regulations. Of course, each federal agency
thinks
OK time to open another can of worms.
It is not unusual for us to discharge a patient and have them return to our
services multiple times. Do have to give them a copy of the NPP each time we
admit them to services? Their medical records are only maintained on site for
the past year and
I work at an agency that provides Community Mental Health Services to.
These services are for individuals with limited assets, experience chronic
mental health problems and are often either illiterate or have compromised
cognitive abilities. Because of their lack of resources, 90% of the time
we
I am aware that the final rule for the security provisions of HIPAA went to the OMB for review the end of December. I am told this is normally a two week (or longer process). Does anyone have an update? Thanks.
Jim Struck
Mutual Hospital Services
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Traci-
You only have to provide your patients with the NPP once. You need to
somehow track that you have provided the patient with a copy. One thing
to keep in mind, however, is that if you change or update your NPP new
copies need to be provided to your patients. At least that's my
Tracy, you must provide the NPP at first contact (with
some exceptions) or upon future request (for example after the NPP has been
modified.) There is no requirement to provide it at every visit. You
only need to make a good faith effort to obtain acknowledgement at that first
contact
Actually, the December 2002 FAQ's addressed changes in the privacy notice
and state the following:
Question: Does the HIPAA privacy rule require a health care provider to
obtain a new acknowledgment of receipt of the notice from patients if the
facility changes its privacy policy?
Answer: No.
The obligations of health care providers (there are different ones for health
plans) to distribute your NPP if you revise it after initially disitributing
it to individuals are limited to making the revised NPP abailable to them
upon request, and posting the revised notice in your facility (see
Noel, that is also my understanding.
-Original Message-
From: Noel Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 12:59 PM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: Re: NPP and recurrent patients
The obligations of health care providers (there are different ones for
Can anyone tell me whether each covered entity that is part of a Hospital
(the Hospital is an OHCA) needs its own policies and procedures, or if such
a covered entity can just adopt the hosptial's policies and procedures, to
the extent applicable.
Thanks.
J. Cantos
The citation Noel references below is true and can be found at 164.520 (c)
(3) (i)
An entity that maintains a web site ... must prominently post its notice on
the web site and make the notice available electronically through the web
site.
Thanks
BK
-Original Message-
From: Noel Chang
I work with a large healthcare system in New Mexico.
We also would like to know if other CE's are considering automated or manual
solutions for tracking disclosures and producing an accounting as required
by law.
Also, how are other CE's handling the issue of being able to report not only
their
Good Point Donald. My concern is that we tend (as a group) to look at the
technicalities, and not the risks. You can be legally correct, yet still be
sued because of not addressing the risk of being sued. So I think it is
important to address both the law, and the perceptions. Overkill in the
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