Question

A request for an accounting of disclosure of PHI has been received. This request has been assigned to you to process. The patient, John Austin., had also requested and accounting for disclosure 14 months ago. His last visit was April 1, 2011. He also had visits in previous years. The routine charge for an accounting of disclosure is $300.00 for the first request and $500.00 for subsequent requests during a 12-month period. Assume today's date is May 24, 2017.

1. What HIPAA issues apply to this case study?

2. What information would you include in the accounting of disclosure? Justify your decision.

3. How will you handle this situation? Develop a written response.

Answer 1

1. HIPAA issue in this case study is that why patients have to pay for their own data . For their account disclosure why they have to pay .

2. It is a list of all disclosures made of a patient's health information; Section 164.528 of the Privacy Rule states that an individual has the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures made by a covered entity within the 6 years prior to the date on which the accounting was requested .The information that would be included in the accounting of disclosure . It includes disclosures made for public health reporting purposes.

3. Provisions will be made to make arrangements for disclosure of accounting information of the patients without any fees because it's the right of the patient to be aware of their health data .