What new privacy requirements does HIPAA impose on ambulance service providers?
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the ambulance must have authorization to release information.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule permits an ambulance service or other health care provider to disclose protected health information about an individual, without the individual’s authorization, to another health care provider, such as a hospital, for that provider’s treatment of the individual. See 45 CFR 164.506 and the definition of “treatment” at 45 CFR 164.501.
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