The HIPAA as "bad wallpaper" dilemma
As we discovered yesterday, your full privacy notice must be posted (on a wall, on a bulletin board, etc.).If your privacy notice is 4 regular size pages, you can get this on a 16x20 sheet of paper....
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OK, here a few goodies for you. You posted your NPP on the waiting room wall for everyone to see, but your practice is a free clinic for the blind and hearing impaired.The simple solutions are as...
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No where in HIPAA regulations does it say you must have it on a wall. It says you must have it readily accessible to patients.We have our NPP laminated and spiral bound (at Kinkos) and it's in the...
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Actually, Becki, if you go to the web page of the US Government, Department of Health and Human Services, they have a list of 276 FAQs and the answers, as well as other information and documents.They...
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It's actually on a table separate from the magazines, it's on a table with a lamp and the bible. Those are the only items on the table. The magazines are on a different table. When we hand them the...
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The NPP that is to be posted cannot be an abridged version of the actual NPP that is provided to the patient or visitor to your practice. The NPP that must be posted and the NPP you provide must be...
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Can this not be made available in a folder/binder clearly labeled as such? For example, the ONLY place we could otherwise post this notice so that it could be read is on the door to the back office....
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It does not actually say "on a wall or bulletin board", but says "posted in a clear and prominent location".All of the information I have dug up, opinions from various sources, etc., says that a...
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Hey Sharon,I visited a physician office today, and they had what looked like their NPP inside of the clear plexiglass picture frame, sitting on top of the counter as you sign in. I thought it looked...
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Good job, Janet.My office is psychotherapy, and there are some extra things we have to include that others don't. Mine came to four regular size sheets, so I have that format to give to patients (2...
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Ours is four pages long, with narrow margins and size 8 Times New Roman font. And, oh, I do NOT have it in Spanish! Will we be required to have it in Spanish by anyone, here in Southern California?
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Being that you're in Southern California, you may want to have it in Spanish. Do you have a large Spanish-speaking patient base? It wouldn't be a bad idea, in order to communicate with that patient...
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I think as a temporary measure we will inform our patients that this can be interpreted for them.I'm on an extended leave of absence from work as manager of our practice, so I am communicating with my...
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It's not a requirement to have the NPP in a foreign language.
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I know it isn't, but it's a good idea...most of our other informative papers are in both languages. It's still a good plan, though you can see I'm not in a hurry to accomplish that by the same time...
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