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How HIPAA affects checks that bounce
Medical Economics, 07/31/08
Weber D - As long as the collection agencies have a business associate agreement with the billing company they can't contact a patient directly if his check bounces. Since HIPAA allows the use and disclosure of protected health information for treatment, payment, and operation purposes, they're allowed to contact the patient directly regarding a bounced check or delegate that task to the billing company.
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