Can ambulance service providers get protected health information from hospitals ?
Yes. After considering comments on the Privacy Rule (some of which were from ambulance service providers concerned about their ability to get billing and quality improvement information from hospitals) HHS published modifications to the Privacy Rule (Federal Register/Vol. 67, No. 157/ Wednesday, August 14, 2002/Rules and Regulations). These can be found at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/finalreg.html (exit DHFS). Page 53216 reads: “Final Modifications. In this final Rule, the Department adopts its proposal to allow covered entities to disclose protected health information for the treatment, payment, and certain health care operation purposes of another entity. Specifically, the final rule at 164.
Yes. After considering comments on the Privacy Rule (some of which were from ambulance service providers concerned about their ability to get billing and quality improvement information from hospitals) HHS published modifications to the Privacy Rule (Federal Register/Vol. 67, No. 157/ Wednesday, August 14, 2002/Rules and Regulations). These can be found at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/finalreg.html (exit DHS). Page 53216 reads: “Final Modifications. In this final Rule, the Department adopts its proposal to allow covered entities to disclose protected health information for the treatment, payment, and certain health care operation purposes of another entity.
