I should know this, but frankly, I just don't. HIPAA stuff can confuse me.
I know agents e-mail things like medicare.gov reports or S&S reports etc etc etc showing specific meds and copays etc.
No one seems to ever say "don't do that."
My question is this:
Can I e-mail a .pdf of a current list of Rx's to a client and ask, "is this rx list up to date?" without making that .pdf password protected?
I know we get a lot of e-mails from them with their Rx info - but I was just thinking today, not sure the absolute best practice here on this.
I use S&S and it's pretty easy to get the pdf of their Rx list when they ask me to review - I can reply - "Is this up to date?" - but I just don't want to violate HIPAA.
I know agents e-mail things like medicare.gov reports or S&S reports etc etc etc showing specific meds and copays etc.
No one seems to ever say "don't do that."
My question is this:
Can I e-mail a .pdf of a current list of Rx's to a client and ask, "is this rx list up to date?" without making that .pdf password protected?
I know we get a lot of e-mails from them with their Rx info - but I was just thinking today, not sure the absolute best practice here on this.
I use S&S and it's pretty easy to get the pdf of their Rx list when they ask me to review - I can reply - "Is this up to date?" - but I just don't want to violate HIPAA.