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COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group
SAN DIEGO -- Health care organizations need a proactive process in place to deal with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act complaints, Teresa A. Williams, in-house counsel for Integris Health Inc., said at the annual meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association. Having an effective complaint process in place could reduce the number of complaints patients file with government enforcement agencies.
At present, HIPAA enforcement is primarily complaint based, Ms. Williams said. During the first year of enforcement, 5,648 complaints were filed with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), according to...
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