RE: NPP in Other Languages

2003-03-17 Thread Halfhill, Annette
We are currently having it interpreted into Russian, Somali and Spanish. -Original Message- From: Kathy Findley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:08 PM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Subject: NPP in Other Languages Hello All! I don't belive it's required acco

FW: JCAHO BAA

2003-03-05 Thread Halfhill, Annette
Interestingly, I just happened across a letter to JCAHO from the AHA requesting changes to their BA agreement to make it compliant with HIPAA on the AHA members only website. -Original Message- From: Teri Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:31 AM To: WE

RE: medical vendors as Business Associates

2003-02-27 Thread Halfhill, Annette
This letter linked to this e-mail is interesting, I am sure many providers are struggling with this same issue. But I think the relevant question is do medical vendors really provide treatment (by HIPAA definition), therefore exempting this use/disclosure from a BA agreement? I have the definition

Confidential Communications

2003-01-28 Thread Halfhill, Annette
Can anyone please give me ideas of what they think patients would request with the Restrictions on the Uses and Disclosures of PHI and the Confidential Communications. We have the following in place already, and are trying to write a common-sense policy about these issues. It is hard to anticipate