Tag: medical documentation
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Avoid Fines and Penalties by Timely Responding to Requests for Patient Records
By: Angie Cameron Smith, Burr & Forman LLP The Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) routinely makes announcements about enforcement actions taken against healthcare providers. One such enforcement action is a civil money penalty (“CMP”) related to a provider’s failure to timely comply with a request for medical records from a patient. So far in 2024,…