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Funny thing that just crossed my desk
from the American Medical Association, Allah's peace be upon them, in "cpt distribution license appln.doc".
So, basically, in these terms you have to include HIPAA protected patient data (PHI) in order to satisfy AMA's licensing. That's ... funny. I wonder if anyone has told Medicare about that, or if others have complied, if any of them have been busted. Yet.
For expats and foreigners, I'll note that HIPAA is a big ol' bundle of legislation passed by the US Congress in the late 1990s that set up guidelines for protecting the privacy and security of healthcare data the the US. It's mandatory, and violations are Federal crimes with big penalties for organizations and individuals. AMA is merely the largest lobbying organization in the USA and they hold the copyright over the procedure codes used by the entire US healthcare system.
4. Redistribution of CPT material alone is not permitted; licensed products must
include additional code-level content (i.e., content that appears when codes
are displayed). For example, in an electronic medial record, the added content
would be the patient encounter information such as date, patient name, and
diagnosis. List the additional code-level content that will be contained in the
product.
So, basically, in these terms you have to include HIPAA protected patient data (PHI) in order to satisfy AMA's licensing. That's ... funny. I wonder if anyone has told Medicare about that, or if others have complied, if any of them have been busted. Yet.
For expats and foreigners, I'll note that HIPAA is a big ol' bundle of legislation passed by the US Congress in the late 1990s that set up guidelines for protecting the privacy and security of healthcare data the the US. It's mandatory, and violations are Federal crimes with big penalties for organizations and individuals. AMA is merely the largest lobbying organization in the USA and they hold the copyright over the procedure codes used by the entire US healthcare system.
no subject
Hmm.
I'll repeat myself here for good measure: We are not a provider or healthcare organization and we do not have any PHI.
Re: Hmm.
In your situation, you are creating testing software and/or publications that utilize the codes. I think the they are saying you can't just have lists of CPT without any "added value" or "additional content". I would suggest that the test question or surrounding paragraph regarding the code would be the additional content.