drashby
Networker
We all are very familiar with ROI and the many HIPAA rules. How about rules surrounding receipt of records. I "grew up" in hospital systems running physician practices. Every system I worked in required review and signature by the provider; either electronically or wet. Some before scanning into the chart some after. I have now moved into private practice and started creating policies and procedures surrounding medical records. Based on my history in corporate environments, I just naturally (tried) to implement the same. Holy cow! It is like an act of congress to request an acknowledgment/review of records received. So then I started thinking, maybe its not required? What about unsolicited records? It is the physicians responsibility to review the chart, right? So if it is scanned in does he really need to sign off too? Am I asking too much? In my internet searches, I'm not finding anything about receiving the records. What info or guidance does anyone have? Very interested in your responses.