These are all reportable.
Linda Noel
Corporate Privacy Officer
Corporate Compliance
Orlando Regional Healthcare
321-843-8693
-Original Message-
From: Shek, Molly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:25 AM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: RE:
Has OCR addressed (in FAQs or elsewhere) whether the filing of a complaint pursuant to
a CE's internal procedure tolls the 180-day federal limitations period? The Rule
doesn't address this, though I suppose an internal complaint might provide good
cause for a waiver.
Thanks,
Robin
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Vikas,
If the dietary purpose is treatment (including evaluations and assessments
for food-intake, medication contraindications, etc.) the dietician would NOT
be defined under HIPAA as a business associate. However, if the dietary
purpose is related to say, a quality improvement activity
