title: Making sense of HIPAA Privacy: solutions for complex compliance dilemmas.
abstract: This Article examines and proposes solutions for the following compliance problems under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy Rule: (a) determining compliance requirements when multiple provisions of the Privacy Rule allow a use or disclosure of protected health information; (b) managing minimum necessary for disclosures to noncovered entities; (c) managing interaction between organized healthcare arrangements and noncovered providers; (d) processing joint health and life/disability insurance applications; (e) reconciling family coverage explanations of benefits and family member's confidential communication demands; and (f) explaining denial of protected health information access based on endangerment. In the course of the analysis, the Article presents a Privacy Rule Compliance Tool that summarizes the compliance requirements associated with each Privacy Rule provision that allows protected health information use or disclosure.
authors.affiliation: Health Law Practice Group, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rovner
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services