tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q3

HIPAA: Defer to OCR Privacy Reminder in Age of COVID-19

Don’t shirk ‘prior authorization’ requirement. In case your surgery practice lost its focus on HIPAA compliance in light of the onslaught of COVID-19 pandemic information, the feds have news for you. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a recent HIPAA Privacy Rule update to make sure you keep privacy in mind while dealing with COVID-19 patients. Read on to see how we parse the update for what you need to know. Put Patient Privacy First The OCR update serves as a reminder to covered entities (CEs) that their first priority is to safeguard patients’ protected...

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