Ukukwazisa iziguli zamalungelo obumfihlo kungumgomo we-Health Insurance Portability Act and 1996 (HIPAA). Njengomhlinzeki wezempilo, kuwumthwalo wakho ukwaziswa mayelana namazinga afaka i-PHI ngaphansi kwe-HIPAA Private Rule. I-HIPAA Private Rule imininingwane imininingwane yokuthi ulwazi oluvikelwe lungasetshenziswa kanjani futhi luvezwe nokuthi yiluphi ulwazi olubhekwa njenge-PHI.
Iphinde ibonise ukuthi abahlinzeki bendima bazisa iziguli zamalungelo abo wobumfihlo.
Abahlinzeki bokunakekelwa kwezempilo banesibopho sokunikeza iziguli zabo isaziso sezenzo zobumfihlo. Lesi saziso, njengoba kudingwa yi-HIPAA Private Rule, sinika iziguli ilungelo lokukwaziswa ngamalungelo abo okuyimfihlo njengoba zihlobene nolwazi lwabo lwezempilo oluvikelwe (i-PHI) .
Inhloso eyinhloko yesaziso semikhuba yobumfihlo ukukwazisa iziguli zamalungelo abo nendlela yokusebenzisa lawo malungelo. Isaziso kufanele sichaze ulwazi oluthile kalula ukuqonda imigomo:
- Indlela umhlinzeki azosebenzisa ngayo futhi adalule i-PHI yabo
- Amagciwane amalungelo aqondene ne-PHI yawo
- Isitatimende esitshela isiguli semithetho efuna umhlinzeki ukuthi alondoloze ubumfihlo be-PHI yabo
- Iziguli ezingathintana nazo ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi mayelana nezinqubomgomo zobumfihlo zomhlinzeki
Ngaphambi kokwelashwa kokuqala kwesiguli, abahlinzeki kufanele banikele isaziso ngaphambi kokuba amasevisi akwenziwa ngaphandle kwezimo eziphuthumayo.
Iziguli kufanele zisayine ukubhaliswa okubhaliwe ukuthi zithole isaziso semikhuba yobumfihlo. Ezimweni eziphuthumayo, abahlinzeki basadingeka ukuba bazame ukunikeza isaziso futhi babe nesiguli esibhalisiwe sokuvuma.
Abahlinzeki akudingeki ukuba banikeze isaziso semikhuba yobumfihlo ngaso sonke isikhathi isiguli sinikeza ukwelashwa.
I-HIPAA idinga kuphela isaziso okufanele sinikezwe iziguli kanye njalo eminyakeni emithathu noma noma nini lapho izinguquko zenziwa kwesaziso.
Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke iziguli zakho zikwaziswa kahle ngamalungelo abo wobumfihlo ukuthumela isaziso semikhuba yobumfihlo ezindaweni ezibonakalayo futhi zinekhophi ezitholakala kalula ezigulini uma ziceliwe.
Amalungelo okubekezela
- Iziguli zingacela ukubona noma ukuthola ikhophi yezimpilo zabo kanye namarekhodi okumangalelwa. Izicelo kufanele zinikezwe zingakapheli izinsuku ezingu-30.
- Iziguli zingacela impilo futhi zicele amarekhodi uma kudingeka zilungiswe noma zigcwaliswe. Izicelo zezinguquko kumangalo zinganqatshwa ngokubhala zingakapheli izinsuku ezingu-60,
- Iziguli zingacela ukuthi zithintane ngolwazi oluyimfihlo ngendlela ethile efana nekhaya noma ihhovisi, noma ikheli elihlukile kwekheli labo lasekhaya.
- Iziguli zingacela ihhovisi lezokwelapha ukukhawulela ulwazi ababelana ngalo.
- Iziguli zingacela uhlu lwazo zonke izincazelo eminyakeni eyisithupha eyedlule.
- Iziguli zingamisa amandla ommeli noma umgcini wezomthetho ukwenza izinqumo mayelana nolwazi lwabo lwezempilo.
- Iziguli zingafaka isikhalazo uma amalungelo abo ephulwa
Iziguli zingenza izikhalazo ngeposi, ifoni, noma iwebhu.
Imeyili: UMnyango WezeMpilo WezeMpilo kanye Nezisebenzi Zomphakathi e-US 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20201
Ifoni: 1-877-696-6775
Iwebhu: http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/what-to-expect/index.html
Kunezici eziningi ze-HIPAA noma ukugcina ukuhambisana kwe-HIPAA ehhovisi lezokwelapha. I-HIPAA akugcini nje ngokuvikela idatha yesiguli. Kubalulekile ukuthi abasebenzi behhovisi lezokwelapha nabangane bebhizinisi bathole imfundo nokuqeqeshwa okuqhubekayo, noma okungenani, ulwazi olubuyekeziwe njengoba ulwazi lwe-HIPAA lungashintsha njalo.