tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2019 Issue Q3

HIPAA: OCR Settles First ‘Right to Access’ Case

Practices should anticipate more enforcement on this issue. The feds have initiated many pro-patient programs in the last year, including policy proposals that support hefty penalties for information blocking. A first-of-its-kind case suggests that organizations should put patients’ rights first — and align their protocols accordingly. Background: On Sept. 9, Bayfront Health-St. Petersburg (Bayfront) agreed to pay the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $85,000 to settle a HIPAA violation related to a patient’s right to access medical records, an OCR release indicates. The Florida-based medical center also committed to a one year corrective action plan (CAP)...

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