Training, identifying discrepancies are key in Red Flags Rule
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, May 11, 2009
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When it comes to the Red Flags Rule, the Federal Trade Commission’s mandate that creditors establish an identity theft prevention program, one expert says facilities should not sound the sirens.
“Our plan is to train staff to look for red flags and to bring them to the privacy officer’s attention,” Chris Simons, RHIA, director of UM & HIMS and the privacy officer of Spring Harbor Hospital in Westbrook, ME, tells HealthLeaders Media.
“We certainly don’t want registration staff confronting patients or getting in the way of providing medical care when patients need it.”
Spring Harbor is ahead of the game. It established its Red Flags Rule program before the FTC’s original May 1 deadline. Last week, the regulators pushed compliance back to August 1.
“This is good training any time, so I am fine that we are ahead of the curve,” Simons says.
Read the full story by HealthLeaders Media’s Dom Nicastro.
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