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Note This OCR Update for PHI

Question: Is my office violating HIPAA rules for releasing patients’ protected health information (PHI) like COVID-19 test results to public health authorities during the public health emergency (PHE)? Are we supposed to wait for a request to be made or can we continue to just send the pertinent information? Washington, D.C. Subscriber Answer: Probably not. The Office for Civil Rights [...]
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