Signed HIPAA Release Form Made Easy

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HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability a HIPPA release and authorization allows an individual to authorize healthcare providers to release protected health information to third parties under the privacy rules in the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 health care providers generally are not allowed to disclose protected health information to anyone other than the patient or the patient's agent without authorization HIPAA protects an individual's past present or future physical or mental health condition the provision of health care to an individual the payment of expenses relating to the individual's past present or future healthcare an authorization must specify several things including in some cases the purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed a description of the protected health information to be used and disclosed the person authorized to make the use or disclosure the person to whom the covered entity may make the disclosure an expiration date or an expiration event that relates to the patient or the reason for the disclosure of the information the authorization remains valid until that time or until it is revoked authorization can be revoked at any time a HIPAA release and authorization form only allows the name agent or agents to access and receive the patient's medical records the agent is not authorized to act on the patient's behalf with respect to medical decisions the Privacy Rule does not prohibit doctors nurses laboratory techs or other healthcare providers from the medical records of the patient if the information needs to be shared for the health of the patient there is no requirement that a release and authorization form be notarized more information for HIPAA authorization can be found on the US Department of Health and Human Services website WWH HHS govt