How timely must a covered entity be in responding to individuals’ requests for access to their PHI?
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a covered entity must act [...]
Does an individual have a right under HIPAA to access more than just test results from a clinical laboratory?
Yes. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, an individual has a [...]
Does an individual have a right under HIPAA to access from a clinical laboratory the genomic information the laboratory has generated about the individual?
Yes. An individual has a right under the HIPAA Privacy [...]
Does an individual have a right under HIPAA to access PHI about the individual maintained by a business associate of a covered entity?
Yes. An individual’s right under the HIPAA Privacy Rule to [...]
Under what circumstances may a covered entity deny an individual’s request for access to the individual’s PHI?
A covered entity may deny an individual access to all [...]
Does an individual have a right to access all of the information a covered entity maintains in the individual’s medical record?
Yes. Except in very limited circumstances, an individual has a [...]
Does the individual have a right to access PHI about themselves maintained by a covered entity that is very old or is archived?
Yes. An individual has a right to access PHI about [...]
Does an individual’s right under HIPAA to access their health information apply only to the information a health care provider maintains about the individual in an Electronic Health Record (EHR), or paper medical record?
No. An individual has a broad right under the HIPAA [...]
What personal health information do individuals have a right under HIPAA to access from their health care providers and health plans?
With limited exceptions, the HIPAA Privacy Rule gives individuals the [...]
Why depend on the individual’s right of access to facilitate the disclosure of PHI to a third party – why not just have the individual execute a HIPAA authorization to enable the covered entity to make this disclosure?
This guidance remains in effect only to the extent [...]