tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 20

Be Upfront About HIPAA Violations

Tip: If you meet the reporting exceptions guidelines, you may not have to report a breach. Before you can start identifying potential breaches at your practice, it's important to know what the law says. Particularly with a breach like that of the Aetna case, where the PHI exposure of delicate information has already begun to wreak havoc on people's lives. Take a look at this handy go-to guide for review before you call the HHS-OCR to report a HIPAA violation. "According to the Privacy Rule, a breach is any acquisition, access, use, or disclosure in violation in the privacy...

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