Alaska’s Health Care Price Transparency Law

AS.18.23.400 – The law requires health care providers and facilities to post the undiscounted prices of their top procedures in their offices and online. The law also requires the state to post these prices. A health care provider or facility must post lists of the...

Alaska Dept. of Health X-Ray Registration Now Due

The Division of Public Health requires an annual registration of your x-ray machine. This renewal is required by January 31, 2024 and the penalty if not filed and paid by this date is $500.00. The state registration process has developed an on-line registration system...
LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS FOR HIPAA PROTECTED INFORMATION

LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS FOR HIPAA PROTECTED INFORMATION

A law enforcement official may request the medical records of a certain patient. Thus, it is important that healthcare organizations understand how to appropriately respond to such a request and avoid HIPAA breaches and associated fines. What to do if you are...

Alaska Medical Records Retention Statute

This is the Alaska statute that deals with medical records for “facilities”. Although in statute definition, a chiropractic clinic is not a “facility”, there is not a statute that covers physicians in their private practices. This is the...