HIPAA Q&A: Names and pics of residents
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, February 6, 2012
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
Q. Can a skilled nursing facility (SNF) display residents’ names and pictures on a plaque outside their doors?
A. Residents’ names and pictures can be displayed outside their doors only if the SNF obtains authorization from residents. If a resident is not capable of authorizing the display of his or her name and picture, the SNF would need to seek authorization from a personal representative of the resident.
Editor’s note: Chris Apgar, CISSP, president of Apgar & Associates, LLC, in Portland, OR, answered these questions.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- CHANGES COMING: Key differences in nationwide rollout
- Searched