What would you recommend the doctor's office do to bring itself back into compliance? Use the below content as a reference
1. Names
2. All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of the Census:
a. The geographic unit formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and
b. The initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000.
3. All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older;
4. Telephone numbers
5. Fax numbers
6. Electronic mail addresses
7. Social security numbers
8. Medical record numbers
9. Health plan beneficiary numbers
10. Account numbers
11. Certificate/license numbers
12. Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers 13. Device identifiers and serial numbers
14. Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
15. Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
16. Biometric identifiers, including finger and voiceprints
17. Full face photographic images and any comparable images, and 18. Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code
Individually identifiable health information is information that is a subset of health information, including demographic information collected from an individual, and:
1. Is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer, or health care clearinghouse, and
2. Relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual; and
a. That identifies the individual; or
b. With respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the individual.
HIPAA requires that electronic medical information associated with personal identifiers be protected when it is:
1. Transmitted by electronic media
2. Maintained in any medium described in the definition of electronic media, or
3. Transmitted or maintained in any other form or medium
Note that health information by itself is not protected if it does not in any way suggest the identity of the person it is associated with.
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