Anesthesia Coding Alert

Compliance:

Use This Right of Access Case as a Guide for What Not to Do

Let one practice’s mistake play in your favor. How quickly — and completely — does your practice respond when a patient requests copies of their medical records? Your response time and level of cooperation can mean the difference between being viewed as compliant versus infringing on patients’ rights as described by the HIPAA Privacy Rule Right of Access. The same [...]
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