Maintaining the Confidentiality of MR Medical Records and

1.6 – Maintaining the Confidentiality of MR Medical Records and Documents (Rev. 508; Issued: 03-07-14, Effective: 04-08-14, Implementation: 04-08-14) A. Contractors to Which This Section Applies This section applies to MACs, CERT, Recovery Auditors, and SMRC. B. General Contractors shall maintain the confidentiality of all MR medical records and documents before, during, and after the MR process. Similarly, contractors that use a subcontractor(s) to perform MR, to store MR documents, and/or to transport MR documents, are responsible for ensuring that the subcontractor(s) maintains the confidentiality of the MR documents that it handles. This responsibility applies to all contact with these documents by all parties and entities, however derived from the contractor. The responsibility is not limited or ended if the subcontractor allows an additional party or entity to have contact with these documents. Thus, just as the contractor shall assure that the subcontractor maintain confidentiality itself, so too shall the contractor assure that the subcontractor similarly assures that any third party or other entity, such as a sub to the subcontractor, which has contact with the documents, maintain confidentiality.