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Don't Make HIPAA Expiration Date Harder Than It Needs To Be

Published on Fri Dec 02, 2022

If your patient forms pertaining to the HIPAA say they last for one year from the date signed, you may be making extra work for yourself. Why? The HHS Office for Civil Rights says the HIPAA Privacy Rule notes that all authorization forms need to have an expiration date. The expiration date helps the authorizer understand when or to whom [...]
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