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Delaware Handbook: Release of Medical Information: Special Issues

OUR OFFICE TREATS A NUMBER OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PATIENTS. WHEN RELEASING MEDICAL INFORMATION, ARE THE RULES DIFFERENT FOR THESE PATIENTS? The HIPAA Privacy Rule recognizes the legitimate need of insurers and other entities involved in workers’ compensation systems to have access to individuals’ health information related to the workers’ compensation claim as authorized by state or other law. Due to the significant variability among such laws, the Privacy Rule permits disclosures o...

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