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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From: Shek, Molly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:34 AM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: RE: Accounting for Disclosures, and Health Oversight
Dean,
If the health oversight activity is part of licensing requirements, would
that be considered h
Dean,
If the health oversight activity is part of licensing requirements, would
that be considered health care operations? This is specified in 164.501
under the definition of Health Care Operations.
Molly
Molly Shek, MS, RHIA
Privacy Practices Office
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Rachel,
164.501 The definition for Health care operations (2) states that it
includes "...accreditation, certification, licensing, or credentialing
activities..."
Was the state Department of Inspections and Appeals conducting the survey
for licensing purposes?
Molly
Molly Shek, MS,
Yes you do have to account for those research disclosures.
Molly Shek, MS, RHIA
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From: Wesloh, Janelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:05 AM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: Accounting of Disclosure
Disclosures for TPO do not have to be included in the Accounting of
Disclosures. Please review the following list and let me know if you intent
to include these in your Accounting Of Disclosures and the reason for the
exception. Thanks.
Suspected abuse reporting
Underage pregnancy reporting
Commu
I quite agree with your assessment of the difference between Authorization
and the need for Accounting of Disclosures. However, one of the exceptions
to an Accounting of PHI disclosures is disclosures made pursuant to patient
authorization.
Molly Shek, MS, RHIA
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We have password controlled automatic screen savers for PCs that can access
protected health information. Other than that, do you think that we need
addition measures to protect PHI from casual viewing by visitors?
Additional measures are like distortions screens and screen visors.
Thank you in
The American Health Information Management Association web site has some
very good articles on Accounting of Disclosures and the Association also
provides an Accounting of Disclosures Analysis grid. This is a very good
tool to assist one in identifying the disclosures that do not require
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