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Transmittal Notice 98-02

TN 98-02
05/21/98

BACKGROUND

This transmittal forwards revisions to the Indian Health Service (IHS) Contract Health Services (CHS) program policies and procedures concerning the confidentiality requirements for CHS employees who access patient information through the Fiscal Intermediary data system.


/Michael H. Trujillo, M.D./
Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Assistant Surgeon General
Acting Director, Indian Health Service

MATERIAL TRANSMITTED

Indian Health Manual (IHM), Part 2, Chapter 3, "Contract Health Services," pages 27-57; Part 2, Chapter 3 Table of Contents; Manual Exhibit 2-3-J; and page ii of the IHM Table of Contents.


MATERIAL SUPERSEDED

IHM, Part 2, Chapter 3, "Contract Health Services;" pages 27-48 under transmittal notice (TN) 95-12, dated September 28, 1995; and TN 97-01, dated June 12, 1997.


MANUAL MAINTENANCE

Remove and discard the superseded material from your copies of the IHM and insert the attached replacement pages under this TN.

Log and file this TN 98-02 in sequential order.


Distribution:  Indian Health Service Mailing Key
Date:  May 21, 1998