tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 11

Reader Question: Is E-Mail Ever HIPAA Compliant?

Question:  We have a consultant who occasionally helps us with billing questions. I’d like to e-mail patient records with my questions, but can I do that without violating HIPAA? SuperCoder.com Subscriber Answer:  Yes, you can send some patient records via e-mail, but only under very strict guidelines. Under HIPAA’s privacy rule, you should never send protected health information (PHI) via e-mail. But if you remove all individually identifiable health information that reasonably allows individual identification, you should be able to e-mail the clinical facts of the case to your consultant. Do this: Send only the portions...

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