tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q1
HIPAA: Protect Patient Information Beyond the Chart
Understand compliance relief during PHE. Even though you can share patient protected health information (PHI) under specific circumstances during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), you always need a sound basis for guiding your disclosure actions and keeping you clear of enforcement proceedings. Help has arrived: Our experts are here to give your general surgery practice that “sound basis” by reminding you what information PHI includes, and what HIPAA flexibility the feds have sanctioned during the PHE. Look Beyond the Medical Record There’s more to PHI than just what’s in a patient’s chart. Any personal...
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