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HIPAA:

PHI is More Than the Patient Chart

Published on Wed Dec 16, 2020

Hedge compliance obligations during PHE. Although your lab has some leeway for sharing protected health information (PHI) for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), you need a sound basis for guiding your disclosure actions to keep you clear of enforcement proceedings. To provide that basis, we’re here to remind you what information PHI includes, and what HIPAA [...]
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