New HIPAA Modifications Affect Law Enforcement Interaction By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CADS* A Tightening! The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has been busy over the past few weeks. OCR has announced some important changes tightening how healthcare covered entities respond to law enforcement requests. The changes are brought about in large part on […]
Remember that HIPAA NPP Thing? Out of Sight, Out of Mind EMS, like all other healthcare disciplines, has its fair share of paperwork. Unfortunately, where most healthcare providers work in an office with administrative staff, you’re expected to be clinicians AND administrators tasked with completing paperwork, distributing forms and even getting signatures – all while […]
Effectively Obtaining a Signature in the Field We Get It As EMS providers, we understand that one of the least favorite things you do in the field is to obtain a patient’s signature. From the standpoint of an EMS field provider it often seems like an unnecessary requirement, a burden even. But, to your ambulance […]
