V. The HIPAA Privacy rule requires healthcare providers to take reasonable steps to limit the use or disclosure of, and requests for PHI.
I understand that this accounting will not reflect disclosures that are made in the course of the Practice's ordinary health care activities related to providing patient treatment, obtaining payment for its services, or its internal operations. Also, the Practice does not have to account for disclosures for which I have executed an Authorization permitting disclosures of my PHI.