tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q2

HIPAA: Take ‘Right of Access’ Seriously or Expect Enforcement Action

See whose record requests you must honor. With six out of seven HIPAA enforcement settlements to date under the Biden administration dealing with Right of Access investigations, you can’t afford to have sloppy records-handling habits in your surgical practice. To make sure your surgeons aren’t the next covered entities (CEs) in the crosshairs, we have a rundown of six steps you can use to strengthen your own policies and procedures for access to medical records. Step 1: Recognize Personal Representatives The rules for Right of Access apply to both the patient and the patient’s personal representative...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci General Surgery Coding Alert.


Leverage vital, to-the-point monthly guidance to boost your reporting accuracy and your coding know-how. We make it convenient for your team to stay informed, compliant, and profitable with a subscription to TCI’s General Surgery Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1999 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci General Surgery Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.