tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 1

Patient Privacy: Follow HIPAA Requirements--Even in Emergencies

Know what information you can legally share, and who can receive it. Do you know your patients’ HIPAA privacy rights in emergency situations? How about your obligations to public health reporting? Here’s what you need to know so an emergency situation doesn’t become a HIPAA breach disaster. Citing the Ebola virus outbreak in the fall, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance on HIPAA compliance in emergency and public health situations. The guidance explains the ways in which covered entities (CEs) may share protected health information (PHI) under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in emergency situations...

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