tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

HIPAA: Will HIPAA Make Packrats Of Us All?

Think twice before deleting patient e-mailsProviders working with small computer systems have a recurring HIPAA-related quandary: How long do e-mails need to be kept before being deleted to make room for new information?The length of time providers must keep old e-mails "depends on whether the emails are part of the patient medical record," Kristen Rosati of Phoenix, AZ-based Coppersmith Gordon Schermer Owens & Nelson reminds providers. Use state licensure, accreditation standards, and HIPAA's definition of a designated record set to make this determination."If the e-mail [is communication] with a patient about treatment, then that e-mail would...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations — and onboard your team — with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI's Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Alert will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, payer policies, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4200 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 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 Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

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