At what point during the course of treatment of a new patient should notice of use and disclosure of health information, required under HIPAA, be given and why?

Answer 1

Here are a number of sites on HIPAA.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=HIPAA%2C&btnG=Google+Search

After you have done some reading and writing please repost and we will be happy to make further suggestions/corrections if needed.

Answer 2

The first thing so the patient understands his/her rights.

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