Ep. 76 – Back to Basics: HIPAA Patient Rights – Requesting Restrictions

We’ve reached the final episode in our Back-to-Basics: HIPAA Edition series! Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored some of the fundamental patient rights under HIPAA, including:

• The right to access their PHI
• The right to request amendments to their PHI
• The right to request an accounting of disclosures

In our final episode in this series, we’re focusing on a patient’s right to request restrictions on the use and disclosure of their protected health information, including:

• When a provider must agree to a requested restriction
• Practical challenges with administering these requests
• How to communicate with patients when denying a request.

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