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	POLICY: Hospital shall ensure that all authorizations are valid. PROCEDURE: Authorizations shall be analyzed to ensure they are valid: An authorization is not valid if the document has any of the following defects: The expiration date has passed or the expiration event is known by the covered entity to have occurred The authorization has not been filled out completely The authorization is known by the covered entity to have been revoked Any material information in the authorization is known by the covered entity to be false SUBJECT:USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR WHICH ANREFERENCE...
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	...AND DISCLOSURES FOR WHICH ANREFERENCE #1018AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED - DEFECTIVE AUTHORIZATIONPAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALWIDE OF: 1EFFECTIVE: APPROVED BY: REVISED: ...