Op10.04-11 Accounting of Disclosures Show PurposeIt is the policy of the University and its Health Care Components (HCC) to abide by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information. A patient has the right to receive a written Accounting of Disclosures of their protected health information (PHI) made by the UHF in the six years prior to the date of which the accounting is requested. (45 CFR § 164.528). A patient may request an accounting of a period of time less than six years. Beginning on April 14, 2003, a patient is only entitled to request an Accounting of Disclosures from April 14, 2003 to the current date. After April 14, 2009, a patient is entitled to request a full six years worth of disclosures. ApplicationThe University, its HCC and workforce
HISTORY: Effective March 21, 2003 What is included on a patient's Accounting of disclosures?The Accounting for Disclosures Log and Response forms may provide the name of the protocol or other research activity, a description of the research protocol or activity (including the purpose of the research and the criteria for selecting particular records), a description of the type of PHI disclosed, the date or ...
What is a HIPAA disclosure Accounting?The HIPAA Privacy Rule gives a person the right to request a written record (“an accounting”) when a covered entity has made certain disclosures of that person's protected health information (“PHI”). The accounting must include all covered disclosures in the six years prior to the date of the person's request.
What is Accounting of disclosures log?The Accounting of Disclosures log serves to maintain a comprehensive list of these types of disclosures that the patient is entitled to be informed of through their Accounting of Disclosures right.
Which of the following would not be included on a patient information form?Patient information forms usually do not contain medical histories; these are most often completed on separate forms.)
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