I believe you will find that the newest version of the privacy regs require that you have a Notice, but only that you make a "good faith" effort to get the patient to acknowledge receipt of the Notice. There is no longer a specific requirement for a Consent as required in earlier versions of the
I am a real novice in this area. If I understand the discussion so far, I really need some strong language in my agreements with the companies overseas.
But it also looks like there is still some question as to whether the physicians who are my clients must inform their patients that their
FYI - this was published in the yesterday's Federal Register and provides addresses
for filing complaints under the privacy regulations:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaahealth.pdf
Dan Kelsey
Practice Advisor
Indiana State Medical Association
800-257-4762
(317) 261-2060
(317) 261-2076 - fax
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That is a very interesting point that I never thought of.
Thank you
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From: Hazelrigs, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:02 PM
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Subject: FW: Can someone assist me in this topic?
Since one can not enforce US laws
Now that the address has been provided to us, do providers have to supply the exact address to patients for complaints?
Dan Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FYI - this was published in the yesterday's Federal Register and provides addresses for filing complaints under the privacy
Does
anyone know the answer to this question?
Is a
covered entity responsible to providing an individual with the information on
how to contact the Secretary of DHHS? As a privacy officer they may
contact us first since that information is required on the NPP and then want to
know how to
Dear Group Members:
In addition to the labor cost differentials, I believe the time difference
helps too. When it is night in USA, it would be daytime in some
transcription office across the globe.
Sincerely,
Tapan
Re: Can someone assist me in this topic?
* From: William J.
Whats up in the world of HIPAA and Fire
Department/EMS?
Are there any specific mandates aimed at public services?
I am being asked a lot of questions because of my
volunteerism and Id like to be complete and correct with the latest
interpretations beyond whats been considered
I agree,
Deborah. I believe this was merely
an informational publishing on the part of DHHS. Covered entities are not, in the absence of instruction by
DHHS to do so, required to provide our patients with this information. However, in my organization we do plan
to provide the address if
Title: RE: BA v Trading Partner Agreements
I do
disagree with the below
The
TPA is a document used to establish EDI relationships. Those relationships
are not always between covered entities and are not always HIPAA
impacted.
A BAA
is a document between a CE and another company that
Vicki,
After you have rounded up this info, is that something you are willing to
share with the listserv?
Thanks
Max Bumbalough
From: Vicki Hohner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Vicki Hohner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: State Preemption
I'm thinking I will if I get a lot of info from the listservs. I'm also
looking them up on my own, but it's quicker if you can get it from
people who already know where the treasure is buried.
Is this something that WEDI/SNIP would be interested in putting on the
website?
Vicki Hohner
FOX
Paulette,
Among
most behavioral health professionals process notes (referred to by
HIPAA as psychotherapy notes) are those pieces of documentation
that therapists write, basically for their own use, to remind themselves of what
the patient has said, for example, the content of a dream,
Cindy,
There is
much variation among EAP services, and among the providers of those services.
Some of our clients are covered entities and they provide EAP services; and,
other clients are not covered entities and they provide EAP services. Further,
some of the EAP services may (or
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