{"id":899,"date":"2011-11-14T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/?p=899"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:59:47","slug":"nov-14-files-comments-supporting-hipaa-and-clia-changes-giving-patients-access-to-lab-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/2011\/nov-14-files-comments-supporting-hipaa-and-clia-changes-giving-patients-access-to-lab-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 14: Files Comments Supporting HIPAA and CLIA Changes Giving Patients Access to Lab Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government issued proposed regulations that would make all lab results subject to the<br \/>\nbasic rule that all patient records should be provided to the patient upon request. See the post on<br \/>\ne-patients.net explaining the <a href=\"http:\/\/e-patients.net\/archives\/2011\/09\/lab-results-for-all-of-data-liberation-participatory-medicine-and-government-2-0.html\">proposed rule on access to lab results<\/a> and its background. Following<br \/>\ndiscussion in the comments to the blog post and on the listserv, David Harlow filed comments on behalf<br \/>\nof the Society supporting the rule change, and opposing any delay in access by patients. Thank you to<br \/>\neveryone who participated in those discussions. See the<a href=\"http:\/\/e-patients.net\/u\/2011\/11\/SPM-comments-supporting-HIPAA-and-CLIA-amendments-granting-patient-access-to-lab-results-11142011.pdf\"> S4PM comment letter<\/a>. While the amendments<br \/>\nrequired in order to make these changes are small, surgical edits, final action and implementation of this<br \/>\nrule could take up to a year or more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SPM-comments-supporting-HIPAA-and-CLIA-amendments-granting-patient-access-to-lab-results-11142011.pdf\">Link to actual PDF of submitted letter <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA REGULATIONS.GOV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services<\/p>\n<p>Department of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n<p>Room 445-G<\/p>\n<p>Hubert H. Humphrey Building<\/p>\n<p>200 Independence Avenue, SW.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC 20201<\/p>\n<p>Attn: CMS-2319-P<\/p>\n<p>Re:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/regulations\/0938-AQ38\/medicare-medicaid-and-clia-programs-patient-access-to-laboratory-test-reports-cms-2319-p-\">Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Patient Access to Laboratory Test Reports (CMS-2319-P)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government issued proposed regulations that would make all lab results subject to the basic rule that all patient records should be provided to the patient upon request. See the post on e-patients.net explaining the proposed rule on access to lab results and its background. 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