Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

HIPAA:

Crush PHI Disclosure Myths that Block Information Flow

Consider health and safety concerns. If your lab personnel try so hard to secure protected health information (PHI) that they don’t know when to share, that’s not good. Problem: Not performing a permissible PHI disclosure can get you in just as much trouble as performing a prohibited PHI release. Solution: Check out the following four common myths on PHI disclosures [...]
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