RE: NPP the short form???

[Ribelin, Donald]

My understanding of the Privacy Rule’s requirements re: the NPP are as follows.  Each patient must be provided a copy of the “entire” NPP upon their first contact after 4/13/2003 We must post our NPP on line if we have a web-page We must attempt to obtain written acknowledgment  that the patient (or his/her representative) has received a copy of the NPP We can layer our NPP (provide a one page bulleted summary as part of the NPP) but  the patient must receive the entire NPP The NPP must use simple language and be comprehensible to the patient or the patient’s representative The entire NPP must be prominently posted   Are any of you aware of any national movement etc. toward a change in the Privacy Rule that would allow the distribution of a one pager NPP summary in lieu of the entire NPP?   If so, in your opinion is there a reasonable possibility this could happen prior to 4/24/03?    Donald L. Ribelin HIPAA Project Manager Firsthealth of the Carolinas (910) 215-2668 [EMAIL PROTECTED]     --- 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