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FAQ 500 When a covered entity, such as a doctor, uses a certified Telecommunications Relay Service to contact patients with hearing or speech impairments, is the Relay Service a business associate of the doctor?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 289 Are health care providers required to seek a prior authorization before discussing a product or service with a patient, or giving a product or service to a patient, in a face-to-face encounter?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 290 Must insurance agents that are business associates of a health plan seek a prior authorization before talking to a customer in a face-to-face encounter about the insurance company's other lines of business?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 291 What effect do the “marketing” provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule have on Federal or State fraud and abuse statutes?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 292 May covered entities use information regarding specific clinical conditions of individuals in order to communicate about products or services for such conditions without a prior authorization?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 293 Are communications concerning information to beneficiaries about government programs or government-sponsored programs "marketing" under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 294 Must a health care provider or other covered entity obtain permission from a patient prior to notifying public health authorities of the occurrence of a reportable disease?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 295 Does the public health provision of the HIPAA Privacy Rule require covered entities to make public health disclosures?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 296 May covered entities disclose facially identifiable protected health information, such as name, address, and social security number, for public health purposes?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 297 Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule's public health provision permit covered entities to disclose protected health information to authorities such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH)?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
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