Compliance Tool: Model Policy on Use of HIPAA-Protected Health Information for Marketing Purposes
This template helps lab leaders implement a written policy limiting and establishing procedures governing use of PHI for marketing.
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Compliance Tool: HIPAA Compliance Fact Sheet for Lab Marketing Staff
This template helps labs create a fact sheet that highlights the key HIPAA-related do’s and don’ts for marketing staff.
Compliance Tool: Model ChatGPT Acceptable Use Policy
As generative AI chatbot use increases, labs may want to implement a written acceptable use policy for staff.
Compliance Tool: Model Mandatory Excluded Provider Screening Policy
A written policy helps establish your right to do excluded persons checks and take appropriate actions if they come back positive.
Model Conflict of Interest Policy for Employees Romantically Involved with Co-Workers
Here’s a template for a conflict of interest policy that you can adapt for your lab based on its specific situation and HR policies.
Model Workplace Romance ‘Love Contract’
Having employees involved in office romances disclose their relationship and follow key ground rules can help avoid negative impacts on the lab.
Model Workplace Romance & Fraternization Policy
It’s important to implement a policy that allows you to keep control over the potential issues romantic relationships can cause in the lab.
Provide Lab Staff Training on Workplace Violence and Active Shooter Events
Part of the duty to protect workers is to ensure those at risk receive proper training on what to do if an active shooter incident occurs.
A Model Script to Help Avoid HIPAA Right of Access Violations
This script helps prepare frontline staff to answer questions that patients seeking access to their PHI are likely to ask.
A Model Signature Log for Laboratories
If the signatures of ordering physicians or non-physician practitioners aren’t legible or done correctly, Medicare may not pay for lab tests.
A Model Attestation Statement for Laboratories
To guard against reimbursement denials due to improper signatures, labs can give MACs an attestation statement from the physician or NPP.
