Health And Rehabilitation Clinic Case Study

Boise Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic

Patient Release of Protected Health Information

Effective December 4th, 2015

HIPAA Policy 1738

i. POLICY

Boise Physical and Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic is committed to protecting the privacy of patients’ health information. We comply with federal and state laws that protect the privacy and security of patient’s health information. This policy establishes the requirements for the use and disclosure of patient’s protected health information. All persons authorized to release medical records and information must read, understand, and comply with this policy.

We are subjected to:

The minimum necessary rule

Boise Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Notice of Privacy Practices

State Laws

v. RELEASE OF INFORMATION REQUESTS

1. Release of PHI without an Authorization

Information may be released by the facility without authorization in the following circumstances:

Use and Disclosure We Can Only Make With Your Authorization. Except as permitted or required under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a valid patient authorization is required for the use or disclosure of protected health information. This requirement typically extends to a request by a patient’s family members, including the spouse. Other uses and disclosures not described in this notice will be made only with your written authorization:

Psychotherapy Notes

Marketing Purposing

Or if we seek to sell your information

b. Use and Disclosure We May Make Without Written Authorization. We may use or disclose your health information for certain purposes without your written authorization that includes the following:

Treatment- We may disclose your information for purposes of providing, coordinating, or managing health care related services by one or more healthcare providers, including with a third party, consulting among healthcare providers relating to a patient, referring a patient for healthcare from one healthcare provider to

Request that the covered entity amend the designated record set.

Requesting the covered entity to restrict the use of your health information to carry out treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, to those involved in patient care, and for notification purposes.

An accounting of certain disclosures we have made of your health information.

Complaints. If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated you may file a complaint with us or the Secretary of Health and Human Services. All complaints must be in writing.

b. If it endangers the patient 's life or physical activity the request can be denied.

If the patient is denied access to any part of their medical record, it needs to be noted in the patient’s record. vii. SENSITIVE INFORMATION REQUESTS

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Highly confidential information and will not be disclosed without a valid authorization

Only released to medical personnel for the purpose of medical treatment and diagnosis or to government officials for the benefit of the patient

If patient has a life threatening emergency related to their treatment, a release of information may be authorized to the treating