First Report of Injury & HIPAA privacy

[Guest cstrong]

Can a health care provider provide health information about a patient to the patient's employer? The employer claims that it needs the employee/patient's information in connection with a first report of injury. I would appreciate all thoughts and thanks!

[oriecat]

Yes, there are exceptions to the Privacy rule for Workers Comp issues.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/guidelines/wo...ompensation.pdf