Unlike politicians who only give lip service to working with rivals, BryanLGH and Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center have joined forces to create Lincoln ED Connections, which helps patients who use the ED for primary care.
In an environment of limited resources, ensuring care for patients post-discharge can challenge any case manager’s creativity. Rural locations in particular can pose problems related to serviceable areas and resource availability.
Q. We are an MRI facility, and our services are referral- based. Faxing MRI reports to referring providers after radiologist review is our standard procedure. Patients can schedule follow-up appointments with referring providers to obtain results of their MRI scans. Patients regularly request a copy of the report at the time of their MRI scans or within several days of the scan when they pick up a copy of MRI films.
Does HIPAA require us to provide patients a copy of the report even when the provider has not interpreted the report and image?
Most agree that the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be a “game changer” in how physicians and their facilities will be reimbursed in the coming years.
