Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 28 MAS 677 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Treatment, Payment and Operations
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The idea
The privacy rule allows a practice to use and disclose health information for treatment, payment and health care operations.
In practice
Sharing a record with a specialist treating the patient, sending a claim to the insurer, and reviewing records for quality are all permitted uses.
Where people slip
A permitted purpose does not allow unlimited information; the minimum-necessary rule still applies.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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