Home Health Care News February 19, 2025
Untimely access to health information, data breaches and just being completely unprepared can leave home-based care companies vulnerable to HIPAA compliance failures, operational efficiencies and hefty legal consequences.
One of the big questions surrounding HIPAA is if it applies to providers in the home-based care space, specifically personal care agencies.
Angelo Spinola, co-chair of the home health, home care, and hospice practice at Polsinelli, noted that many personal care providers, assisting with ADLs, assume that HIPAA doesn’t apply to their organization when it does.
In general, HIPPA applies to organizations that are paid for health care in the normal course of business.
Additionally, health care is broadly defined under HIPAA and includes preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care,...
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