Home Health & Hospice Week

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Keep These HIPAA Safeguards In Mind When Conferring About Patients

Do you need to slog through more paperwork hassle when you want to confer with another health care practitioner about a patient? You do not need the patient’s permission in that scenario, the Department of Health and Human Services assures in recent guidance. “The Privacy Rule does not require you to obtain a signed consent form before sharing information for [...]
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