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My interpretation is
that optical lab is filling a "optical prescription" similar to a pharmacist
fill a drug prescription (especially if that lab also works "one-on-one"
with a patient in a retail setting). Therefore in that interpretation that
optical lab is a health care services provider ...
indirectly.
Ruth Tucci-Kaufhold
HIPAA Systems
Analyst
MAHI
Co-Founder
UNISYS Corporation
4050 Innslake Drive
Suite 202
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 346-1138
(804) 935-1647 (fax)
N246-1138
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I’m looking for thoughts on
whether an optical lab is a health care provider subject to the HIPAA privacy
rule. My thinking is that while it seems a stretch to include a lab that
fills orders for glasses and has PHI in the way of prescriptions for such
glasses, the definitions of health care provider would reach the lab and they
would be included in the rule if order information and requests for payment
are communicated electronically between the lab and the doctor’s office.
If someone has any authority which would take the lab out of the definition of
health care provider, I would appreciate hearing it.
Laura D. Schmitt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
712-277-4561
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