tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q3

Reader Question: Know HIPAA Rules on Contacting Prior COVID-19 Patients

Question: We’ve performed an abundance of COVID-19 tests at our practice. Recently, we read that patients who’ve recovered from COVID-19 can now donate blood and plasma due to new technologies. Is it a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to contact these patients and let them know about these opportunities to help others? SuperCoder Subscriber Answer: No, you may use protected health information (PHI) to identify and contact patients to let them know about such an opportunity, according to recent guidance from the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). “We’re making sure misconceptions about HIPAA...

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