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...