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Need advice and will pay $250 to Free republic if it is good
me | 10/30/2017 | me

Posted on 10/30/2017 5:35:35 PM PDT by learner

I have received an invitation to a luncheon to discuss my back nerve problems from a group I do not know. The only people who know about this problem are my doctors who are all within the same group. So how did this other group know about my problem? Did someone sell my medical problem? That would be a HPIA violation of the law. This was a personal addressed invitation. I am not sure how to proceed, but if I get some great advice here, I will send $250 to FR and as Proof of that commitment, I will send $100 tonight on account. J R can confirm if he wants. If someone is selling my medical records, I want to know.

Learner.


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1 posted on 10/30/2017 5:35:35 PM PDT by learner
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To: learner

Best advice. Consult a lawyer. Send your payment in.


2 posted on 10/30/2017 5:37:12 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: learner

Are you taking medication for it? Perhaps someone at the pharmacy is a leaker of info.


3 posted on 10/30/2017 5:40:02 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: learner

If you have done any internet searches on back problems/pain you are getting adds for all sorts of crap.

Clear your search history and see if it stops. HIPPA violations are costly so I doubt that is the problem.

My area of knowledge is not backs but, I do work in surgery.


4 posted on 10/30/2017 5:40:20 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: learner

First hit on google ‘selling personal medical information’

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=EMb3WaH6LsOXmwGA77jYDA&q=selling+personal+medical+information&oq=selling+personal+medic&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i22i30k1.1446.5638.0.8234.23.21.0.0.0.0.323.3179.0j10j3j3.16.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..7.16.3179.0..0j35i39k1j0i67k1j0i131k1j0i20i264k1j0i20i264i46k1j46i20i264k1j0i20i263i264k1j0i20i263k1.0.4ivjV1LDKRg

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-data-brokers-make-money-off-your-medical-records/


5 posted on 10/30/2017 5:40:29 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: learner

Email hack?


6 posted on 10/30/2017 5:40:41 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: learner

I’m not in the medical profession but I’d talk to one or more of your doctors to see what they have to say.


7 posted on 10/30/2017 5:40:42 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: learner

Have you e-mailed anyone about your problem? E-mail may be scanned and info sold, especially the free ones...


8 posted on 10/30/2017 5:41:01 PM PDT by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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To: learner
Where do you get your prescriptions filled? That might be the key. Here is an article you might want to check out.

Excerpt:

Pharmacies and the drug and device makers they do business with are legally allowed to remind you about refills and recently lapsed prescriptions, and provide “advice” about adhering to treatments. So if you take insulin, for example, you might get mail or email ads about a new insulin pump or supplies for testing blood sugar.

9 posted on 10/30/2017 5:42:20 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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I have noticed that I also have received info and invites to things when I have googled certain medical conditions. I have a feeling google sells that info to interested parties.


10 posted on 10/30/2017 5:42:39 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: learner

It sounds like a pretty open and shut HIPPA violation. The question is, do you really want to go after your doctor / his practice? If you have an ongoing issue, this may not be your best approach.

Perhaps a friendly but stern talk from you to the doctor might be a better approach.


11 posted on 10/30/2017 5:42:45 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Probably revealed in cookies on your computer as you searched the internet....


12 posted on 10/30/2017 5:42:55 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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My guess is that either:

1) the info was leaked by an insurance company

or, more likely

2) a good algorithm pieced together all sorts of details about your life and made the deduction and sold that deduction to the group.

You need to realize that every little purchase you’ve made for decades had been recorded via your credit cards and thrown into a software blender, analyzed and out come all sorts of fairly accurate guesses about you, your life and your health.

Your prescription purchases are theoretically confidential (ha ha) but if you use a credit card, that info is spread all over the place.


13 posted on 10/30/2017 5:43:46 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: outofsalt

“HIPPA violations are costly so I doubt that is the problem.”

HIPPA only applies to certain parts of your record. Those parts are stripped out and the rest is sold.

See my #5


14 posted on 10/30/2017 5:43:55 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: learner
The only people who know about this problem are my doctors who are all within the same group.

Seems like you answered your own question.

15 posted on 10/30/2017 5:44:10 PM PDT by mdittmar
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“Probably revealed in cookies on your computer as you searched the internet....”
This!


16 posted on 10/30/2017 5:44:18 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: learner

If you are invited to a luncheon it will not be just you. This other group sounds like a group selling a product or service.

Many people have low back and nerve pain. It sounds like they are sending this invitation to many people hoping enough people with low back and nerve pain will respond.

Hope this helps.


17 posted on 10/30/2017 5:44:23 PM PDT by Balata
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Certainly sounds like there could be a HIPAA violation. Could be a staffer in either your doctor’s office or your pharmacy (if you have any related prescription(s)). You might call the org. that sent you the mailing and express initial interest (so they will talk to you), but without commitment, and then say you are curious how they found you. Maybe even sound grateful if that’s not too much of a stretch, just that you are seeking more information about your treatment options. Not sure they would tell you but it’s worth a try.


18 posted on 10/30/2017 5:44:47 PM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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“It sounds like a pretty open and shut HIPPA violation.”

See my #5.

Also:

http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/electronic-protected-health-information-ePHI


19 posted on 10/30/2017 5:45:03 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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If you read the privacy agreement, you know...the one they make you sign a paper that says you read even if they didn’t actually show it to you, states they may share your information with “partners” if they feel it may be in your interest. It’s all crap. Nobody reads all that, and if you do and don’t agree, they won’t treat you.


20 posted on 10/30/2017 5:45:08 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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