Patients' Right of Access Remains an Important Issue for HIPAA Compliance

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

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