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Keep These HIPAA Safeguards In Mind When Conferring About Patients

Published on Fri Oct 17, 2014

Do you need to slog through more paperwork hassle when you want to confer with another health care practitioner about a patient? You do not need the patient’s permission in that scenario, the Department of Health and Human Services assures in recent guidance. “The Privacy Rule does not require you to obtain a signed consent form before sharing information for [...]
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