The Washington legislature unanimously passed a bill in April that will shorten the state’s data breach notification time to 30 days, which is half the time required by HIPAA.
Q: Does HIPAA require encryption when sharing data over the internet? Should data be encrypted when it is being emailed to someone at the same facility?
Reduced and discontinued service modifiers indicate to the payer when service is either less than the HCPCS code indicates (reduced) or the procedure was stopped before completion (discontinued).
