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Privacy of Health Information/HIPAA
Minimum Necessary
Smaller Providers/Small Businesses
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| 07/18/2003 11:00 AM |
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May a health care provider disclose parts of a medical record that were created by another provider? |
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A provider might have a patient's medical record that contains older portions of a medical record that were created by another previous provider. Will the HIPAA Privacy Rule permit a provider who is a covered entity to disclose a complete medical record even though portions of the record were created by other providers? |
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Yes, the Privacy Rule permits a provider who is a covered entity to disclose a complete medical record including portions that were created by another provider, assuming that the disclosure is for a purpose permitted by the Privacy Rule, such as treatment.
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