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How Private Is My Medical Information?
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs8-med.htm
Source: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Comprehensive description of the extent to which a patient's medical information is private. Topics covered include what a patient's consent or waiver regarding release of medical information means, types of organizations which might require release of medical information such as insurance companies, providers of public benefits, employers, and parties in lawsuits, the Americans with Disabilities Act's limitations regarding an employer's request for medical records, steps consumers can take to protect the privacy of their medical information including how to limit waivers they may be asked to sign and how to protect medical information in legal proceedings, and how patients can get copies of their own medical records.
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Keeping Your Medical Records Private
http://www.lawhelp.org/WA/showdocument.cfm/County/
Source: Northwest Justice Project
Explains when health care providers are permitted to disclose health care information to others without permission, what must be contained in a person's consent for release of health care information, and what people should do when health care information has been inappropriately disclosed.
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Fact Sheet -Protecting the Privacy of Patients' Health Information
http://www.hhs.gov/news/facts/privacy.html
Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Describes federal regulations designed to protect privacy of health information. States that compliance is required by April 14, 2003. Topics covered include: who must comply with the rules, what information is protected, what health care providers and plans must tell their patients about privacy rights, when and how patients must be able to access medical records and request amendments to medical records, when health information may be released without patient consent, safeguards which must be established to protect privacy, complaints which people may file regarding violations of these rules, and civil and criminal penalties which can be imposed against violators.
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Questions and Answers on Medicaid for Nursing Home Residents
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/documents/1538915
Source: Columbia Legal Services
Resources containing information on Medicaid for nursing home residents.
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Medicaid for Adults 65 and Older or Disabled Who Don't Get SSI
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/documents/1539015
Source: Northwest Justice Project
Information about Medicaid for those older than 65 or disabled who do not get SSI.
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