tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 3

HIPAA: Help Overcome Roadblocks to Health Information Exchange

Privacy protection is just one aspect of the law. Due to a multitude of state laws and confusion about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has found that HIPAA implementation has inadvertently inhibited the appropriate flow and exchange of health information between patients and healthcare providers. In response to the issues caused by protective measures, the ONC decided to invest in the states’ efforts to overcome these obstacles in order to provide quality care. “That’s why ONC awarded a cooperative funding agreement to the...

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