But, according to a JD Supra report, HIPAA laws do not apply to employment records held by a healthcare entity. However, individually identifiable health information maintained or transmitted by a covered entity in its healthcare capacity are treated as protected health information.
Here are three things healthcare providers should know about employee medical records:
1. If the records a healthcare entity needs to obtain are medical records of their employee, then HIPAA exceptions would apply.
2. A HIPAA-covered entity is only allowed to use or disclose protected health information for treatment, payment or healthcare operations.
3. If a health system needs to look into an employee’s medical record, it must do so for an extremely limited purpose, as listed by the “healthcare operations exception.”
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