Vicki,
In the preamble to the Modifications to the Final Rule that was published in
August of 2002 (Federal Register/ Vol. 67, No. 157) on page 53240 there is a
discussion about service that is delivered by phone. Here is where HHS has
suggested that for service delivered by phone, the NPP mus
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Several people on our HIPAA implementation team are hoping others
input might help in resolving our question about
HIPAA's instructions to avoid compound authorizations and how that relate
to the use of multi-agency authorization forms.
The final HIPAA Privacy regulations
Judith,
Yes, such disclosures are also on the short list of what needs
to be accounted for. We try to keep all such as infrequent as
possible. So far, if they were logged in the past, the list would still be
on its first page.
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the
Gregory,
Your client is wrong. Accounting for Every disclosure if
definately not required by the Privacy or Security regs. Most transactions
involving the Treatment of Patients and obtaining Payment are explicitly
excluded from the need to report them (in very great detail as to what is
ex
I am concerned that at health fairs where we do screening and collect
PHI, ie. finger sticks, BP, provide flu shots, etc. that we need to give
an NPP to each person. Is that the take of members of this listserv as
well?
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If you are going to include the contact information in your NPP you must use
the address and telephone number for your regional OCR office. and since I
don't know where you are located I can't say specifically but the details
are on pages 13711-12 of the Federal Register. Note, however, that you a
Ok, I know this isn't the appropriate place to as this question, but I don't know
where else to ask it. Would someone be able to point me in the direction of any laws
that govern donor lists? Our fundraising does not fall under HIPAA because we do not
use PHI. However, now that I at least bro
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Even thought the health plan is a covered
entity, the employer who sponsors the plan is
not a covered entity. The people who work for the employer who
help administer the plan have special rules to follow in their position of plan
sponsor, but they aren't a covered entity a
I have a client that has written within their NPP that the patient can
demand an audit of every (NOTE EVERY) disclosure of their PHI, even if this
disclosure is related to patient care and billing.
It is my understanding that this is not dictated as a requirement within
Privacy, and only is briefl
Can anyone please confirm the HHS/OCR phone number that we
should be using for the NPP?
Thanks, Bill
At 09:25 AM 3/27/2003 -0600, KERBER, JEFF wrote:
Vicki,
This is an ongoing issue with HHS/OCR -- ask a question twice, get two
different answers from different people.
Jeff
Jeff Kerber
Director, H
Vicki,
This is an ongoing issue with HHS/OCR -- ask a question twice, get two
different answers from different people.
Jeff
Jeff Kerber
Director, HIPAA Compliance
Texoma Healthcare System
903-416-5520
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"... self-funded, self-administered ERISA
plan..." ===> this is defined as a health plan
in the transactions rule ... therefore a Covered
Entity.
"...Clinic Staff Members" ===> are they licensed,
providers of healthcare services as defined by the Rules? If so, then they
ar
I respectfully disagree regarding the information being kept separate
regarding the INSURANCE CARDS. With different plans, different rules,
etc... this is a major player with the clinicians, especially nurses, who
are scheduling tests, precerts, etc... They have to know what kind of plan,
which ho
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