tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 3

HIPAA: HIPAA Imparts Updated Guidance in Midst of Opioid Crisis

HHS-OCR offers clarification for providers on information sharing. As physicians struggle to help patients in the throes of the opioid epidemic, friends and families are an essential part of the success of treatment and long-term care. A federal determination last fall has spurred the HHS-OCR to clarify HIPAA's rules on information sharing for Medicare providers to improve care. Background: Approximately 140 individuals die daily of drug overdoses in the United States, and of that large amount, around 91 are attributed to opioid abuse, according to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) release on statistics from the Centers...

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