ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Case Managers are in the middle of the upcoming HIPAA regulation changes, with the issuance of the Final Privacy Rule. Every case obliges case managers to work with Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) and Protected Health Information (PHI). The purpose of this article is to provide case managers in all practice settings with a clear understanding of a “Business Associate,” of a “Covered Entity,” and of the specifics of a Business Associate Contract. This information will demonstrate how case managers can benefit from the use of these contracts in their business life. As an essential component of an organization’s compliance plan, Business Associate Contracts can become a sword or a shield. This article is particularly helpful to case managers in independent practice, as well as those who work for Covered Entities.

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has significant impact on the delivery of healthcare in the United States. The Administrative Simplification (AS) requirements of HIPAA are aimed at reducing administrative costs and burdens in the healthcare industry. The core components of HIPAA’s AS requirements address healthcare transactions, code sets, security, unique identifiers, and privacy of health information. HIPAA’s privacy standard limits the nonconsensual use and release of private health information, gives patients new rights to access their medical records and to know who else has accessed them, restricts most disclosure of health information to the minimum needed for the intended purpose, establishes new criminal and civil sanctions for improper use or disclosure, and establishes new requirements for access to records by researchers and others. This article focuses on HIPAA’s privacy requirements as related to case management of workers compensation populations, the treatment of protected health information, and how case managers can ensure they provide appropriate services while navigating the requirements of HIPAA’s privacy standard.

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

HIPAA regulations grant special status to psychotherapy notes, placing greater restrictions on their use and disclosure versus other information in a patient’s record. Regulations specifically prohibit health plans from requiring the disclosure of psychotherapy notes in their consideration of health claims. However, this issue is surrounded by much confusion. If the information in psychotherapy notes is found only in the psychotherapy notes, it is protected under this provision. However, information that rightfully belongs in the more accessible part of the record is not considered part of psychotherapy notes. In addition, there are certain circumstances in which a provider may be required to disclose psychotherapy notes. This article discusses the definition of psychotherapy notes under HIPAA, comments on the relevance of psychotherapist-patient privilege, and provides important information for the case manager when managing psychiatric patients.

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1084-3647    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2003

数据来源: OVID