Radiologist Revises Process for Workers Compensation Disclosures
Radiologist Revises Process for Workers Compensation Disclosures
Covered Entity: Health Care Provider
Issue: Impermissible Uses and Disclosures
A radiology practice that interpreted a hospital patient’s imaging
tests submitted a worker’s compensation claim to the patient’s employer.
The claim included the patient’s test results. However, the patient
was not covered by worker’s compensation and had not identified worker’s
compensation as responsible for payment. OCR’s investigation revealed
that the radiology practice had relied upon incorrect billing
information from the treating hospital in submitting the claim. Among
other corrective actions to resolve the specific issues in the case, the
practice apologized to the patient and sanctioned the employee
responsible for the incident; trained all billing and coding staff on
appropriate insurance claims submission; and revised its policies and
procedures to require a specific request from worker’s compensation
carriers before submitting test results to them.
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