Health Information Compliance Alert
Reader Questions:
Send Your NPP to Participants Only
Published on Mon Nov 17, 2008
Question: We work with an employer-sponsored health plan, but we are confused as to who should receive a notice of privacy practices (NPP). Does the privacy rule demand we supply each spouse and/or child covered by the subscriber's plan with our NPP? Arizona subscriber Answer: "No," assures William Hubbartt of Hubbartt & Associates in St. Charles, IL. You must only provide the health plan participant with your NPP, he says. The bottom line: You can provide your notice to participants' dependents if they request it, but you are not required to by the privacy rule.
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