Anonymous Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 everyone points to hippa when i ask about privacy rights.a ca sent me my personal medical records when i asked for d/v... i mean every gritty little detail from the hospital...i wondered if my rights were violated and people kept giving me links to hippa statutes... the fact is that it is very broadly defined...so i don't know if this would be considered a business agreement betweent the oc and the ca, giving them the right to releas my records for 'payment'... it just doesn't seem right when just a few years ago, we as patients didn't have the right to get our medical records if we wanted them...maybe i am interpreting this incorrectly, but does anyone have a similiar situation, or input other than hippa links and lawyer suggestions ( though i do appreciate those...)thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LetoAtreides Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Nope, the CA sending you the medical records is a BIG no-no.The Doc's office can be fined big time for it. Here is the kicker though, did the documents come from the CA, or did the doctor's office send them to you in response to a request from the CA?If it came from the CA, then you probably want to contact the doctors office directly. If they do something this grossly incorrect, once you point out to them the failure, alot of times they are willing to work something out in exchange for you not reporting to the Attorney General. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted June 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 oh no, it came straight from the CA's office, I still have the packaging to prove. everyone just keeps telling me that they have the right to do so in terms of 'collecting payment' on behalf of the ER doctor.i am so appauled, it makes me sick to think of some slime ball at a CA's office thumbing through my private ****, becuase you know they did. anything 'psychiatric' in nature draws major attention. fricken idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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