Vicki, In the preamble to the Modifications to the Final Rule that was published in August of 2002 (Federal Register/ Vol. 67, No. 157) on page 53240 there is a discussion about service that is delivered by phone. Here is where HHS has suggested that for service delivered by phone, the NPP must be mailed to the patient "no later than the day of that service delivery".
They clarify that if the initial phone contact is simply to schedule an appointment, then the Notice does not have to be mailed but can be given to the patient when they arrive for their appointment. Unfortunately, that is the only scenario they specifically address so I would infer from that that any other service conducted by phone (such as refilling a prescription) would require you to mail the NPP to the patient that day. Noel Chang Integral Practice Solutions -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:54:53 -0500 Subject: Patient Phone Calls and NPP > After 4/14, when a patient calls for a prescription refill, or to > ask a medical question, are we obligated to then mail them a copy of > the NPP and ask them to send us a signed acknowledgement? A question > like this was asked regarding prescriptions at the Atlanta OCR > conference in February and the answer that day was no, the next > visit would be the occasion to give the NPP. Today, on the OCR > conference call, a similar question was asked and the answer was > that the NPP needed to be mailed. Can anyone direct me to a > reference or guidance on this? > > Vicki Saunders > Compliance Manager/Privacy Officer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail > transmission is confidential information and intended for the sole > use of the individual(s) or entity named in the message header. If > you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, copying or taking any action in reliance on the > contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you receive > this message in error, please notify the sender of the error and > delete this message, any attachments and all copies. Thank you. > > --- > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. > The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of > the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the > views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to > receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP > Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs > should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion > of specific vendor products and services. They also are not > intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or > unprofessional communication at any time. > > You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the > Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a > blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you > need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same > as the address subscribed to the list, please use the > Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org ------- End of Original Message ------- --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
