Interesting question.
I'd back up and first reconsider are the pictures in and of themselves PHI?
If the picture includes enough of an individual's face then I guess it is
possible that someone could identify the subject of the picture if they
recognized them by their face. But just a person'
For the "non-medical" pictures, I'd suggest you invest in a digital camera
and just print them in-house. Much quicker and probably cheaper in the long
run since you don't have to buy film. You can get a pretty decent digital
camera (certainly good enough for this kind of thing) for a couple hundred
Here's
a good one I had not heard to date. We often take photos. Most of the
ones that are taken for medical reasons require quality developing and thus are
developed in-house or taken to a top notch shop (with whom, I'd think if needed
we could have a BA agreement in place) -- Question, wh
Does anyone know
where I could find a reference in the law to dictation via cell
phones?
Thank
you!
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Hi, Paulette.
Here are the rules on a request for amendment that
is denied:
1) If a request for amendment is denied, the
patient must be given a plain written statement setting forth the reasons for
the denial. In addition, the written statement must give notice to the
patient that:
2) th
My question is this.Does the patient's request for an amendment go in the patient's chart if the physician's office denies the patient's request for an amendment? My understanding that all requests and response letters should be filed in the patient's chart. However if we keep this inform
Thank you all for your comments on my question about notice of access to info. I wanted to sum up what everyone told me so I'm not missing anything before we undergo some changes.
My doctor clients want to provide notice to their patients that their transcription or coding through me was being do
If the health oversight activity is part of licensing requirements, then
that should be considered health care operations. This is specified in
164.501 under the definition of Health Care Operations. Thanks.
Molly Shek, MS, RHIA
Privacy Practices Office
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Does the NPP need to be mailed to current patients who call the billing office about their statement after 4/13 and before their next OV?
Thanks very much?
Vicki Saunders
Pain Clinic Associates, PC
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