Stream: social
Topic: HIPAA: "covered entity" requires electronic billing
Dave deBronkart (Feb 03 2020 at 13:07):
[This is a branch snipped from Epic's CEO is urging hospital customers to oppose rules]
Grahame:
HIPAA covered entities. You aren’t one if you don’t bill electronically
from https://histalk2.com/2020/02/02/monday-morning-update-2-3-20/
I did not know that
I too was quite surprised and said so on Twitter. Quite a thread ensued, going way back to HIPAA's "origin story," and deeply reinforcing that we need something quite different, going forward.
I'm going to grab some of those tweets into a blog post. BRB I hope.
Dave deBronkart (Feb 03 2020 at 13:25):
For the moment I'll post this, which was the first surprising item - HISTalk (whose article Grahame just cited) replied:
HHS has several “are you a covered entity” provider tests on its site.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities/index.html
A partial screen capture:
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Dave deBronkart (Feb 03 2020 at 15:11):
FWIW here's my post ... I had to choose from the scores of tweets about it and opted to cite only a few on the key points. I'm open to requests for more on particular topics - the Twitter threads became scattered & shattered!
https://www.epatientdave.com/2020/02/03/hipaa-you-arent-a-covered-entity-if-you-dont-bill-electronically/
Paul Church (Feb 03 2020 at 15:46):
I'm also surprised to learn that. But as a Canadian, my default reaction to US healthcare policy is "seriously?"
Gino Canessa (Feb 03 2020 at 16:06):
I'm also surprised to learn that. But as a Canadian, my default reaction to US healthcare policy is "seriously?"
Sadly, as an American that's my default too. :shrug:
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