HealthIT Answers August 21, 2024
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) continues to dig into reports about delayed access to records by covered entities. The initial flurry of resolutions from many years ago now has not necessarily resulted in a significant change of behavior, which is frankly a bit surprising. OCR’s position on the issue is not a mystery at this point in time and the right of access portion of the Privacy Rule is pretty clear on obligations. With all of that in mind, the most recent penalty imposed by OCR offers a bit more transparency than usual into the process because it was a civil monetary penalty as opposed to a mutual resolution.
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The most recent determination involves American Medical Response...
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