I once managed large multi-specialty practices with multiple sites. We had a policy of requiring ID for new patients to verify data. We did not request ID after the first visit.
We also did not copy it.
Julie Tomkinson
TOMKINSONHealth Consulting
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Judith,
Many of our clients (mostly hospitals, ICFs, ambulatory care centers, etc.)
operate in or near the 5 boroughs of NYC, and for about two years now most
have instituted a continuum of measures with regard to physical space
security and identification of persons entering the facilities and so