IAIABC Presents HIPAA Affect on WC Claims

The Annual Convention of the IAIABC to be held in San Francisco, September 4-6 will feature a session on how the HIPAA Privacy Rule has affected workers' compensation claims handling. In the months leading up to the initial enforcement date for the new rule, workers compensation claims handlers grew increasingly concerned about disruption in the flow of medical information. There was considerable confusion among medical providers and claims adjusters on how the HIPAA rule would modify or eliminate previous practices in handling workers compensation medical information. The IAIABC has be...