Home Health & Hospice Week

Unique patient setting carries certain risks and responsibilities. If you're thinking you don't need a Red Flags Rule plan because you go into the patient's home, think again. The elements of your identity theft prevention plan may be a little different in the home care setting, but the Red Flags Rule requirements that take effect May 1 still most likely apply to you as a home care provider, notes attorney Elizabeth Hogue in Washington, D.C. "I have not seen anything that would indicate an exemption," agrees attorney Ross Lanzafame with Harter Secrest & Emery in Rochester, N.Y. The risk of identity theft may be lower for your patients because you see them in their homes,but a low-risk business model won't let you off the hook for the rule's requirements, the Federal Trade Commission notes on its Web site. "If identity theft isn't a big risk in your business, complying with [...]