Information in, or Copies of, the Record (Such as Non-Custodial Parents)?
109. What If the Patient’s Spouse, or an Adult Patient’s Parent, Is Responsible for Paying the Patient’s Bill? What Information Can I Disclose to the Person Responsible for Payment?
110. Someone Has Subpoenaed a Patient’s Record. What Should I Do?
111. Should I Release Original Records or Is It Better to Make Copies?
112. Can I Charge Patients for Copying Their Records?
113. How Long Must I Retain Patient Records?
114. Are There Legal Issues in Making the Transition to a Paperless Office?
115. What Are the Legal Concerns in Selecting an EHR Vendor? In Entering Into a Contract With Your Chosen EHR Vendor?
116. Can I Get in Trouble if My Business Associate Violates HIPAA?
117. A School Has Contacted Us to Ask About a Doctor’s Note That Appears to Be From Our Dental Practice. Our Dental Practice Did Not Provide That Doctor’s Note. Does HIPAA Prohibit Us From Responding to the School Without the Patient’s Authorization?
118. If a Patient’s Employer or School Calls Our Dental Practice Directly and Asks Us for Information About the Patient, Can We Provide It, or Do We Need the Patient’s Authorization?
119. We Will Have Some Dental Interns in Our Office. Is There a Form the Interns Will Need to Sign for HIPAA? Do We Need to Get the Patient to Sign a Consent Form to Allow the Interns to Observe or Assist the Doctor?
120. If a Patient Brings a Friend Along to a Dental Appointment, Do I Need the Patient to Sign an Authorization Form Before Disclosing Information in Front of the Friend?
121. What Effect Did the 2013 Omnibus Final Rule Have on HIPAA Compliance?
122. What Happens to the Patient Records of a Deceased Practitioner?
123. Can My Dental Practice Apply for Incentive Payments From the Federal Government if We Buy a New Electronic Dental Record System or Upgrade our Existing One?
124. Before I Hire Someone, I’d Like to Make Sure That He or She Has Not Been Excluded From Participation in Federal Health Care Programs. Can I Look Them Up? Can I Also Periodically Check on the Status of My Current Staff?
125. I Keep Hearing About Data Breaches Involving Credit Card Numbers and Social Security Numbers. My Dental Practice Collects This Kind of Information. What Are Some of the Laws That I Should Be Aware of?
126. Will My Liability Insurance Cover the Financial Loss Caused by a Data Breach?
127. My Office Is Considering Whether to Accept Credit Card Payments and Was Told by a Card Payment Processor That Our Office Would Need to Be “PCI Compliant.” Is This Really True?
128. How Do I Respond to an Investigatory Letter From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, the Federal Agency that Administers HIPAA?
129. A Law Enforcement Official Has Asked My Dental Practice for Information About One of Our Patients. What Should We Do?
Chapter 16: FACTA: Red Flags And Disposal Rules
130. What Is FACTA and How Will It Affect My Practice?
131. What Is the Red Flags Rule?
132. What Does the Disposal Rule Require?
133. Does the Disposal Rule Apply to All Dentists?
134. When Does the Disposal Rule Take Effect?
Chapter 17: COPPA
135. My Dental Practice Wants to Create a “Kids’ Corner” on Our Practice Website. Someone Mentioned “COPPA Requirements.” What Is COPPA and Does it Apply to Dental Practices?
136. How Do I Know Whether My Website is Directed at Children Under 13? Does COPPA Provide a Test or Definition?
Chapter 18: The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Open Payments)
137. How Can I Find Out About the Physician Payment Sunshine Act and “Open Payments,” the New Federal Government Website That Has Information About Industry Relationships With Doctors and Teaching Hospitals?
138. Do I Have Any Choices About Information About Me That Might Appear on the Open Payments Website?
139. What Can I Do to Help Make Sure That Information About Me is Accurate on “Open Payments”?
140. A Dental Manufacturer’s Representative Provided Lunch for My Staff and Me. The Lunch Was Great, but Why is the Rep Asking for My NPI Number and Other Information?
141. What Is Teledentistry and What Are Some of the Regulatory and Legal Concerns?
Business Considerations
Chapter 19: Contracts
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Information in, or Copies of, the Record (Such as Non-Custodial Parents)?
