BC Advantage - 2018 Issue 9

HIPAA Handling Patient Requests for Medical Record Restriction

Healthcare compliance professionals frequently face confusing situations about sharing of protected health information (PHI).  The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) supports the protection of privacy of medical records. However, even when a patient does not authorize sharing of his record, there are permitted uses and disclosures, such as for the purpose of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations (TPO). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provide a series of topical fact sheets on HIPAA Permitted Uses...

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