A new bill is in progress that would require HHS to develop guidelines for when a patient’s opioid use disorder information can be prominently displayed in the medical record.
Q: Are we obligated to send referral notes, consult notes, and other records from another physician? I have always been told that you can only release records produced by your office.
Poor cybersecurity in the healthcare industry amounts to a public health concern, according to the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force, a federal task force established to fulfill requirements of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
A new model patient request for health information form aims to simplify the medical record request process and reduce confusion and errors that lead to compliance problems.
Q: If we terminate a business associate agreement, are we required to obtain assurance that it has completely destroyed all of our protected health information (PHI) stored on its servers and other devices? If the PHI was not completely destroyed and was breached after we terminated the contract, who is responsible for reporting the breach?
