Title: DOL vs. HIPAA
Our company HIPAA Officer attempted to register for
The DHHS Privacy Rule Conferences in both New York and Chicago. He was
told that they are both full, and there is no room at available.
Will DHHS put on additional conferences? Does
anyone have any suggestions?
Title: DOL vs. HIPAA
Linda
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We are
not making this leap with our clients. I reached this conclusion for two
reasons: (1) the actual regulatory text does not give any indication that
sending EOBs to only the employee is a permissible disclosure. This
guidance is found in the Privacy Ru
Beth,
The new Security reg does indicate that MOUs take the place of
BAAs if both are government entities. If one of the partys is, and one
isn't, I don't know.
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the opinion of
LCMH.
Douglas M. WebbComputer System EngineerLittle C
The test is disclosures to other "health care providers" involving the
"treatment" of the individualIf I remember correctly, DME vendors meet
the definition of health care provider under HIPAA. This definition refers
you to another regulation that you must review. Once you review this
definit
It would depend if they "used
or disclosed PHI" on your behalf. If they do, you need a
BAA.
Hope that helps.
Deborah Campbell
Compliance Coordinator
Dominion Dental Services,
Inc. 115 South Union
Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phn: (703) 518-5000 ext.
3035 Fax: (703)
518
Hello, everyone
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This is a variation on the
question about the need for BAA's. My agency anticipates
beginning a new federal contract soon. As part of our original proposal,
we obtained letters of intent from various partners who would be working
with us on the contract if we were awar
Vikas - I would consider this part of treatment - as a result, a BAC would
not be required.
Dan Kelsey
Practice Advisor
Indiana State Medical Association
800-257-4762
(317) 261-2060
(317) 261-2076 - fax
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From: Vikas Budhiraja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, Feb
Hello,
Had a question about vendors of DME (Durable Medical Equipment). If a
Provider contacts a DME vendor and informs about a patient who needs a DME
for home care,
does the provider need to have a BA with the DME vendor before this can be
done?
Or would this be treated as part of treatment?
Reg
I am interested in how others are handling these disclosure
lists. We are a medium size
hospital and physician clinic. We
have a great deal of our medical record computerized but not all of it. But there, apparently, is much more to
the disclosure list than just the medical record. In p
I tend to disagree the diagnosis is pivotal in deciding the truth of the EOB its also not disclosing PHI to anyone but the individual of concerned. You need to verify the request for payment is in line with the diagnosis. On CMS claim forms you have both the diagnosis and procedure information. Tha
Title: DOL vs. HIPAA
Agree.
Subject to the restriction that whatever is disclosed for any
purpose be only the minimum necessary for that purpose (which applys to all
disclosures indipendant of the medium).
Remember that the great difficulty in giving out info over the
phone is making that w
Judith,
Under 164.504(g); covered entities that have multiple functions (e.g. a
health plan and a health care provider) may use and disclose PHI of
individuals who receive plan or provider services, but not both, only
for the purposes related to the appropriate function being performed.
So it s
Title: DOL vs. HIPAA
I was thinking that disclosures to an employee who calls GHP customer service re the claims of his or her spouse could extend to the type of information the employee would get on an EOB. In other words, if the employee can get the info on a paper EOB, then we (the GHP) sh
Title: Message
Kathy,
The Nursing Home and Ambulance Service would both be Covered
Entities if they do any of the covered functions electronically. Business
Associates are entities who do something on behalf of a Covered
Entity.
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily th
Title: Message
Kathy,
If you
are referring patients to a Nursing Home as part of continuing treatment, they
will not be your BA.
Similarly Ambulance Services is also not a BA of a
hospital.
Regards,
Vikas
-Original Message-From: Kathy Findley
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Th
David,
You have a good suggestion but unfortunately it is not all that uncommon
for government legislation to conflict between federal agencies and
departments.
Regards,
David Frenkel
Business Development
GEFEG USA
Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools
www.gefeg.com
612-237-1966
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I would just add that I hope that if CMS decides to expand on this in a
Q&A or in whatever manner they choose that they consult with their
counterparts at the DOL. I have made comments several times about the
discrepancy between HIPAA and ERISA. It benefits everyone if as much
information about h
We will just make mass copies of the notice and distribute them to all of our
satellite locations. Then it hit me that our computer system isn't all connected so
how can we document across all our locations that the patient already received the
notice? Then I thought about how to pass informat
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