BUSINESSES FEAR PRIVACY CONFLICT WITH WORK COMP.(concern over access to medical records in workmen's compensation cases)

Business Insurance, November, 1999 by FLETCHER, MEG

WASHINGTON-In spite of efforts by federal officials to exempt workers compensation care from proposed medical records privacy rules, some employer and insurer representatives say the rules would still cause problems if adopted as drafted. Other observers, though, say that their reading of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services' proposals would adequately exempt workers comp cases from restrictions on access to medical records. Both camps as of last week were still struggling to digest the 600-plus pages of the proposed federal regulations, which apply only to electronically transmitted data (BI, Nov. 1). While interpretations differ over the rules' impact on job-related injuries and illnesses, there was greater agreement among observers about...

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