RE: other privacy acts

Thomas,   The Privacy Act of 1974 regulates the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information by the federal government.  I believe it applies only to  federal agencies defined as "any Executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government

other privacy acts

I am implementing the Privacy Rule in my private practice and have found 2 references in the rule to privacy acts which I am unfamiliar with. The rule references the Privacy Act of 1974 and also Privacy Act 5 USC in the discussions about when a CE can deny an individual access to their PHI

RE: Employee Termination Procedure

In the situation you describe, it's pretty clear if you're the provider, you are at risk since you're responsible to mitigate this type of situation: I would: A: Consult your policy and procedure manual regarding termination before the employee is terminated. Document the steps taken upon termina

RE: Disclosures to Insurance Brokers

You might want to review the section in WEDI SNIP Privacy Policies and Procedures Resource Document (version 2.0) on the topic of use and disclosures of PHI to brokers. The resource document is available for download from the SNIP website - http://snip.wedi.org. This document is an update to the

Employee Termination Procedure

Hi All, I have 2 questions on employee termination. 1. If the employee is terminated but has deliberately taken patient information with them and starts using or harrassing them, what should the provider or the CE supposed to do. Should they :- (a) call the law enforcement or (b) should they just

Disclosures to Insurance Brokers

I am looking for citations from the Privacy rule that support the disclosure of PHI to Insurance Brokers when the member asks the broker to intervene on their behalf with the Health Plan or Group Health Plan. Assume the broker has a BA contract in place with the Health Plan or Group Health Plan.

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

§ 164.508 Uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required... ...(c) Implementation specifications: Core elements and requirements. (1) Core elements. A valid authorization under this section must contain at least the following elements: (i) A description of the information to be used or

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

I believe that HIPAA requires any authorization to expire either on a specific date or at a specific event. An event expiration could in fact, be upon the individual's demise. Unfortunately I don't have a specific cite from the rag on this. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, L

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

I do not believe that HIPAA mandates that an authorization can only be valid for 60 days. Such a limitation might be a part of state law, or an organization's own standard. I think that if you can foresee the need for the disclosure when the patient is admitted, then you can have it signed at that

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

As the need arises. The authorization is only valid for 60 days. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:20 PM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Subject:When to have the

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:20 PM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Subject:When to have the patient sign an authorization How are providers in part

RE: HIPAA privacy and people - comparison to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Al cohol and Drug Patient Privacy)

Darrell, Thank you very much for this wonderful comparison of the HIPAA regulations to the "signed-consent" aspects of the AOD regulations (42 CFR part 2). This is very helpful to many of us who work in SAMHSA-funded programs. Best regards, Matt Matthew Rosenblum Chief Operations Officer Priv

RE: When to have the patient sign an authorization

Jill, I'm not sure how a provider could have them sign an authorization when they arrive unless they already knew they would need one for a specific event. The regs say the authorization must be for a specific event or time period. I'm not sure you can get away with a blanket authorization.

When to have the patient sign an authorization

How are providers in particular handling the singing of authorizations? Are practices having patients sign it when they first come in, for future disclosures, or as the specific situations arise (i.e., they later decide their atty. should see the medical records and sign an applicable authorization

RE: HIPAA privacy and people - comparison to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Al cohol and Drug Patient Privacy)

Matt- I'll take a stab at answering your question. Please remember that in an effort to keep it relatively brief, this is a fairly simplistic, high-level overview. Under 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (which I'll refer to as the AOD (Alcohol and Other Drugs)regs), disclosure within a "program" is allowed on a