Psychiatric employment evaluations and theHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;163(11):1878-82. doi: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.11.1878.

Abstract

This review was intended to familiarize psychiatrists with the implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 on the provision of third-party employment evaluations. Understanding the provisions of the act relative to third-party evaluations can assist psychiatrists in avoiding some of the conflicts that arise in performing such evaluations.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Confidentiality / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Confidentiality / standards
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Eligibility Determination / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Eligibility Determination / standards
  • Employment / standards*
  • Forensic Psychiatry / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Benefit Plans, Employee / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act*
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Informed Consent / standards
  • Insurance Coverage / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Insurance, Health / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Mental Disorders / classification
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Physician's Role
  • Psychiatry / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Psychiatry / standards
  • United States / epidemiology