1. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require a business associate to provide individuals with access to their protected health information or an accounting of disclosures, or an opportunity to amend protected health information?
2. Does an individual have a right to seek amendments to his/her protected health information?
3. Are health care providers obligated to agree to all amendments sought by an individual to his/her protected health information?
4. Are health care providers required to notify the person if the amendment request is accepted?
5. What are health care providers required to do if they agree to make a requested amendment?
6. When health care providers accept an amendment, do they have a duty to inform anyone else about the amendment to the information?
7. Do health care providers need agreement from the individual before notifying other persons and entities of the amendment?
8. Must amendments be signed by a health care provider and/or dated?
9. What are health care providers required to do if a standard transaction does not permit the inclusion of additional material required by the amendment?
10. Are health care providers required to consider amendments requested to protected health information created or obtained prior to the compliance date of the HIPAA regulations?
11. Can health care providers ask patients to waive their right to request amendments?
12. What are the requirements of a health care provider when notified of an amendment to an individual's protected health information by another health care provider?
13. Can a patient go directly to a business associate of a health care provider to seek an amendment to information held by the business associate?
14. What documentation are health care providers required to maintain with respect to the right to request amendments?
15. Does a patient's amendment right give him the right to make changes to his/her medical record and health information?
16. What does it mean to "amend" protected health information?
17. Can health care providers require that a request for an amendment be made in writing?
18. How quickly must health care providers respond to a request for an amendment?