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• What is the intent of the minimum necessary requirement?
  
  
• Are there exceptions to the minimum necessary requirement?
  
  
• What is the significance of an individual authorizing release of protected health information (PHI)?
  
  
• Can information be released for continuity of care concerns to another provider without an individual authorizing release of protected health information (PHI)?
  
  
• What about an individual authorizing release of protected health information (PHI) that includes psychotherapy notes?
  
  
• What should a practice do to implement HIPAA provisions?
  
  
• What about releasing protected health information (PHI) not made in a routine and recurring manner?

Related Resources and Documents:

Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. B. Section 164.502—Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information: General Rules. 2. Minimum Necessary Standard. December 2000 Privacy Rule. (HIPAAdvisory)
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/finalprivacymod/minimum.htm

Office for Civil Rights – HIPAA. Guidance Explaining Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule – December 4, 2002
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privacy.html

Minimum Necessary Disclosure Policy