Re: NPP in Other Languages
As are we. We have a part-time professional translator on staff who is/will be translating all of our HIPAA-related patient correspondence for us. Beth Line, Phyllis wrote: We are translating our notice into Spanish. -Original Message- From: Kathy Findley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All! I don't belive it's required according to the regulations, however, what is everyone doing about having a version of the NPP in Spanish or other languages? Kf -- Beth Cole Information Services Support Specialist Newman Regional Health Emporia, Kansas --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
NPP type size?
I've seen several references on various mailing lists to something said at one of the OCR regional conferences regarding the mandated font size of the NPP. What I'm seeing indicates that attendees at the conference were told that in order to comply with other Medicare regulations, the type size had to be no less than 12 point. If we take it to 12 point, our NPP is at 8 pages. If we put it at either 9 or 10 point, it's a 4. So, this is slightly worrisome to us. Can anyone give me a black-letter law or regulation citation on this, or was this someone talking at a conference who didn't know what he was talking about? Thanks! Beth -- Beth Cole Information Services Support Specialist Newman Regional Health Emporia, Kansas --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
clergy disclosure policy
We have decided to limit information disclosure by denomination, as specified in the OCR December, 2002 guidance, along with having an opt-in policy for people who wish to be visited by a member of the clergy. However, we ran into a problem. We have in our area the State of Kansas Chaplain of the American Legion, who travels throughout the state visiting hospitalized veterans. He is requesting to see the entire directory. When we told him that we could not do that, he appealed to the hospital CEO. He does not carry any identification that shows denominational affiliation. He has a hand-written card that says State Chaplain of American Legion. Neither the Privacy Officer nor I are comfortable providing the entire facility directory to anyone. Does anyone have suggestions for how to deal with this? Beth -- Beth Cole Information Services Support Specialist Newman Regional Health Emporia, Kansas --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
