The way that I have
interpreted the reg is the following:
The ER docs and Radiologists
are by definition an OHCA with the hospitalor should I say they are an
integrated care setting and therefore meet the definition -and therefore can
CHOOSE to do a joint notice if they want to.the
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
We are doing an Administrative Policy that the Med Exec Committee will
approve. The policy states that they agree to abide by our Joint Notice of
Privacy Practices. HIPAA does NOT require you to "designate" yourselves as
an OHCA, unlike Affiliated Entity status which does. I believe that the
Pri