Patients' Right of Access Remains an Important Issue for HIPAA Compliance
By EsqSocial Corporation 24/06/21
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), individuals have the right, with some limited exceptions, to access their protected health information (PHI) maintained in a designated record set by a covered entity or the covered entity’s business associate. The HIPAA Privacy Rule permits individuals to inspect or obtain a copy of the PHI, as well as to instruct the covered entity to transmit the individual’s PHI to a designated person or entity. HIPAA currently requires...
By: Locke Lord LLP