One
last word on this:
1.
Notification of law enforcement would be appropriate and permitted if the
pharmacist had the basis for a good faith belief a crime had occurred or was
occurring on his premises, as when somebody tries to pass a false prescription
slip.
2. It
would also be per
We feel their needs to be a signed authorization from the member to release
PHI to a broker on behalf of the member.
Thanks,
Peg McCauley
Privacy Office
Privacy Specialist
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From: Catherine Lohmeier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:32 PM
To: W
Title: RE: Here is a good Privacy Issue that will cause problems
What
is your recommendation for a process (policy/procedure) for this instance?
I have an opinion, but would like to see what others in the group interpret.
Patricia Hamby HIPAA Compliance Project Manager XANTUS Healthplan
Want
to be sure I understand. Notification of law enforcement only is your
conclusion? Any clarification will be appreciated. Thank you.
Patricia Hamby HIPAA Compliance Project Manager XANTUS Healthplan of Tennessee, Inc. (615) 463-1612, Office (615) 279-1301,
Facsimile http://www.xan
Several hospitals have subsidiaries such as Home Health, Clinics, etc. They
all have separate Provider ID and have filed for Compliance Extensions
separately (though
from tax purposes etc. they are one legal entity).
My questions are:
1. Can a hospital and its affiliated entities have one single s
An
interesting question from our EMS HIPAA rep yesterday:
When EMS
treats and transports an accident victim to another hospital (one not part of
our enterprise), should we give them a copy of our NPP? One of the underlying issues centers on
our management of EMS in several counties.
