Question

True or false: as a patient, your doctor must have you sign a hipaa consent and release form to share your ephi or phi with insurance providers who pay your medical bills. this is part of the hipaa privacy rule.

Answer 1

TRUE

As a patient, your doctor must have you sign a HIPAA consent and release form to share your ePHI and PHI with insurance providers who pay your medical bills. This is a part of HIPAA privacy rule.

HIPAA privacy rules are there to protect the medical records of an individual and also other personal information shared only to the doctors and health professionals.