tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 13

Clip and Save: Handy OCR Tool Helps Providers with PHI Quandaries in an Emergency

Follow these three rules to ensure HIPAA compliance. Patient safety comes first in an emergency — but that’s no reason to abandon privacy and security. And that’s why even in the most dire situation, healthcare workers are always encouraged to keep HIPAA protocols intact to ensure the privacy, safety, and security of the injured. Luckily, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) offers a handy, interactive decision tool for emergency preparedness and recovery planning. Check out the OCR online resource at www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/decision-tool-overview/index.html. The advance planning tool “presents avenues of information flow that could...

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