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1 Generally, what does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require the average provider or health plan to do?
2 New - Where can I find information about the flu and flu vaccinations?
3 What does the Department of Health and Human Services do?
4 Who is the Surgeon General?
5 Where can I find information about the Federal Poverty Levels?
6 Are there any grants to assist single mothers?
7 Where can I find information about the Surgeon General?
8 Where can I find other consumer health and human services information?
9 Who must comply with these new HIPAA privacy standards?
10 May health care providers leave messages at patients' homes or mail reminders to their homes?
11 What is the difference between “consent” and “authorization” under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
12 May health care providers use sign-in sheets or call out names in waiting rooms?
13 Do business associates have obligations to individuals with respect to their information?
14 Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow parents the right to see their children’s medical records?
15 What does the HIPAA Privacy Rule do?
16 Can a physician’s office FAX patient medical information to another physician’s office?
17 May health care providers place medical charts on exam room doors?
18 Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require that covered entities document all oral communications?
19 Under what conditions may a health care provider use, disclose, or request an entire medical record?
20 What types of insurance are NOT covered under HIPAA?

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