Required Action for Certain Health Care Providers: Updates to Notice of Privacy Practices

Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (the “Privacy Rule”), health care providers are required to have a notice of privacy practice (NPP) that notifies patients that they have certain rights to ensure the privacy of their personal health information (PHI) and to explain the privacy provider that maintains any substance abuse disorder (SUD) records or has SUD records flow through its systems must guarantee that its NPPs make individuals who are the subject of such records aware of their specific rights... By: Bodman