Phlebotomy Exam Prep 70, HIPAA — Authorized Disclosures

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - That Treatment, Payment, and Operations (TPO) are the three primary situations where PHI can be disclosed without specific patient authorization. - To recognize that disclosures for purposes like marketing, fundraising, or to third parties such as employers require explicit, written patient consent. - That patients have a right to access their own health records, and facilities are required to provide them within a 30-day timeframe. - About key patient rights including the right to request amendments to their records, restrict disclosures, and receive an accounting of who has accessed their information. - How to use the 'A-A-R-A' mnemonic (Access, Amend, Restrict, Accounting) to easily recall the four fundamental patient rights under HIPAA. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep