tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 22

Reader Question: Will You Violate HIPAA if You Report Illegal Immigrants?

Question: If our medical office reports someone who is an illegal immigrant, is this a violation of HIPAA? Answer: The answer depends on the specific facts of the situation, but Northeast Women’s Healthcare Clinic in Atascocita, Texas is facing the same situation. In that case, an existing patient went to the clinic for a routine annual gynecological appointment and offered a fake driver’s license during check-in, related Mary Beth Gettins of Gettins’ Law in a Sept. 18 blog posting. Staff retained the woman in the exam room while they called law enforcement officials, and then law enforcement...

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