Common use of Availability of Protected Health Information for Amendment Clause in Contracts

Availability of Protected Health Information for Amendment. Within ten (10) business days of PHO’s receipt of a written request from Provider for the amendment of an individual’s Protected Health Information or a record regarding an individual contained in a Designated Record Set in PHO’s possession, PHO shall provide such information to Provider for amendment and, subsequent to its receipt of any amendments from Provider, incorporate such amendments as required by HIPAA. In the event an individual directly requests such an amendment from PHO, PHO shall take no direct action on the request and shall instead forward such request to Provider within ten (10) business days of PHO’s receipt of such request. PHO shall then incorporate any amendments to the individual’s Protected Health Information in PHO’s possession within ten (10) business days of PHO’s subsequent receipt of written instructions for same from Provider. Any denials of amendments to Protected Health Information shall be the responsibility of Provider.