tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q3

Compliance: Silence HIPAA Misconceptions About PHI Disclosure

Give patients requested records. Keeping protected health information (PHI) private is good — unless personnel in your surgery practice block appropriate disclosure requests. Problem: Not performing a permissible PHI disclosure can get you in just as much trouble as performing a prohibited PHI release. Solution: Check out the following four common misconceptions on PHI disclosures under HIPAA, along with tips on when it’s OK to disclose — and when it’s not. Misconception: HIPAA limits sharing PHI between healthcare providers to provide patient care. Correction: HIPAA allows the disclosure of health information for treatment purposes, and does not...

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