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Answer: A patient authorization is not required for disclosure of PHI between Covered Entities if the disclosure is needed for purposes of treatment or payment or for healthcare operations. You may disclose the PHI as long as you receive a request in writing.
Under HIPAA, a covered entity provider can disclose PHI to another covered entity provider for the treatment activities of the recipient health care provider, without needing patient consent or authorization. (45 CFR 164.506(c)(2).) Treatment (45 CFR 164.501) is broadly defined.
An authorization form is a document that is duly endorsed by an individual or organisation which grants permission to another individual or organisation to proceed with certain actions. It is often used to grant permission to carry out a specific action for a fixed period of time.
Therefore, a verbal authorization is allowed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule for those individuals involved in the care of an individual.
HIPAA. Section 164.508 of the final privacy rule states that covered entities may not use or disclose protected health information (PHI) without a valid authorization, except as otherwise permitted or required in the privacy rule.
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Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a covered entity must disclose protected health information in only two situations: (a) to individuals (or their personal representatives) specifically when they request access to, or an accounting of disclosures of, their protected health information; and (b) to the Department of Health
The core elements of a valid authorization include: A meaningful description of the information to be disclosed. The name of the individual or the name of the person authorized to make the requested disclosure. The name or other identification of the recipient of the information.
Refusing to sign the acknowledgement does not prevent a provider or plan from using or disclosing health information as HIPAA permits. If you refuse to sign the acknowledgement, the provider must keep a record of this fact.
An authorization is a detailed document that gives covered entities permission to use protected health information for specified purposes, which are generally other than treatment, payment, or health care operations, or to disclose protected health information to a third party specified by the individual.
HIPAA Authorization Defined An authorization must be in writing, written in plain language, and must contain specific elements and statements to be valid. The specific elements and statements in a valid authorization are: Elements: A description of the PHI.

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