1. Are health care providers required to honor requests by individuals to receive communications at alternative locations or by alternative means?
2. What are some examples of these confidential requests that health care providers might receive?
3. Can health care providers ask an individual why they are requesting the confidential communication?
4. Can health care providers ever make accommodations of the restriction request conditional on anything?
5. What factors must health care providers consider in deciding whether to accommodate the request?
6. Can health care providers require that requests for confidential information be made in writing?
7. Is a consent required from a patient for a health care provider to leave messages on his/her answering machine and what steps should be taken to comply with this area of HIPAA?