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Protecting PHI is an ongoing process and your office staff should always be looking for ways to protect it.

When an employee commits repeated privacy breaches the employee may be subjected to disciplinary actions by the practice:

Do not continue to use a sharps container after its contents have reached the fill line.

The Privacy Rule states you must provide patients a copy of the medical record free of charge.

Your office can provide a patient’s personal information to a drug company for marketing purposes if:

The Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) is a legal document that outlines:

Patients have the right to inspect and copy the medical record if:

Where in your office might you find PHI?

Where are you required to post the NPP?

The privacy official may appoint a deputy privacy official to help implement the Privacy Rule.