Hipaa Authorization Form

A medical consent form and a HIPAA privacy authorization form are completely different. Medical consent forms cover specific procedures and medical actions a patient will undergo. On the other side, a HIPAA privacy form covers the sharing of medical and health information. For example, a medical consent form might cover a patient’s consent to removing their wisdom teeth at a particular dental surgical center. Without a signed HIPAA consent document, that surgical center would not be able to share information about the patient’s surgery with other healthcare providers. The HIPAA form permits sharing the information, not the medical procedure itself.

 The HIPAA Privacy Rule expressly requires an authorization for uses or disclosures of protected health information for all kinds of marketing communications. There’re 2 circumstances – first, when the communication occurs in a face-to-face encounter between the covered entity and the individual and second, he communication involves a promotional gift of nominal value.