What happens when a covered entity agrees to make an amendment?
The covered entity must: • Make the amendment; • Tell the requester what it did; and • Make reasonable efforts to inform others about the amendment within a reasonable time. The third requirement is most noteworthy. If you convince a covered entity to amend your record, the covered entity must tell any persons that you identity who received the original incorrect information and who need the amendment. In addition, the covered entity must notify any persons who have the information that was the subject of the amendment and who may have relied or could foreseeably rely on the information. To make sure that amendments have been appropriately distributed, you may want to ask for an accounting of disclosures. See the next part of this FAQ for more information about rights to accounting. What is important is that amendments be provided to those who may rely on the original incorrect information. Each patient has the right to tell a covered entity to send the amendment to anyone who received
