Posted on 06/23/2021 9:55:13 AM PDT by weston
Because it *does* apply to these entities:
Health Plans, including health insurance companies, HMOs, company health plans, and certain government programs that pay for health care, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Most Health Care Providers—those that conduct certain business electronically, such as electronically billing your health insurance—including most doctors, clinics, hospitals, psychologists, chiropractors, nursing homes, pharmacies, and dentists.
Health Care Clearinghouses—entities that process nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard (i.e., standard electronic format or data content), or vice versa.
Companies that help your doctors get paid for providing health care, including billing companies and companies that process your health care claims
Companies that help administer health plans
People like outside lawyers, accountants, and IT specialists
Companies that store or destroy medical records
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The HIPAA laws don’t prevent your employer from asking for a doctor’s excuse if you’ve been off work due to illness. But it does prevent the employer from calling the provider and asking the reason why you’ve been off sick without you giving permission for the employer to have that info.
The job I do falls under HIPAA. I’m not a lawyer, but I have yearly training about HIPAA.
If your spouse was on our health plan and you were covered as a dependent, you could call me and I could talk to you about YOUR coverage. I could not tell you if your spouse was covered or if anyone else is covered on his insurance.
I don’t know how many times I’ve had the following conversation:
Spouse: my doctor says I don’t have insurance.
Me: You do not have coverage on our plan at the current time, correct.
Spouse: well, I’m supposed to be on my spouse’s plan. Are THEY covered?
Me: I can’t tell you that.
There’s lots of misinformation posted on FR about HIPAA. Just another reason why I’m so picky about accuracy and factual info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPycO0-J4JI
RSBN on Youtube for the Reps. Gaetz, Gohmert, Gosar, and Greene Press Conference on Status of Jan. 6 Prisoners
They’ve just started streaming.
Here’s the Rumble stream: https://rumble.com/vi1or5-rsbn-live.html
It looks like you are able to inquire about basic health coverage & payments.. Does it also allow for questions about specific medical conditions or treatment or medications for the employee?
Thanks for the heads up.
Watching now.
Well...define ‘you’. Are you talking me in the performance of my job, a employer calling one of these entities with a question, or the patient themselves?
For example, I’ve called an insurance provider when a member calls saying they are having an issue getting a claim paid. Since both I and the insurance provider are ‘entities’ we can talk to each other. So they can tell me things like ‘the colonoscopy claim was submitted as diagnostic and not preventative’.
I started decades ago when my MD told me to take fish oil and CQ10 since I couldn’t take statiins, and then told me to take D3 for joint pain.
The Babylon Bee
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Biden Quits Presidency To Focus On Mental Health
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1420067277345628163
Madness......and ABUSE:
Breaking911
@Breaking911
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BREAKING: CDC will recommend everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status - CNN
Is the employer allowed to ask about specific procedures, medications, conditions....regarding an employee?
I guess a follow-up question would be is an employer allowed to terminate an employee based solely upon medical information (assuming it can be divulged by the medical office)? I suppose it would be on a case-by-case basis. But for example, if an employee did absolutely nothing wrong at work, but through calling the insurance, the employer found out the employee was schizophrenic but taking medication, could the be fired only based on that information?
Liz Willis, RSBN, is explaining what that tweeting was during the pubbie presser.
A guy behind her was blowing a whistle right in her ear.
She asked him to stop as it was harming her, she got no where.
She is explaining that this is what the left does so others can’t hear.
Now a band has shown up to make noise.
Why is the left so obnoxious?
“Why is the left so obnoxious?”
The truth scares them.
The angry prepper talks about the left trying to divide the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
“Biden’s resignation has prompted a new movement, with everyone across the world walking off their jobs to take more time for themselves.”
Too funny.
Jack Posobiec
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Pelosi and the neocons had to launch the J6 Commission because the DOJ isn’t charging defendants with sedition and they were losing the narrative. Now they’re putting the country through another witch hunt except instead of Trump the target is the American people
I was awake for awhile this morning but went back to sleep and just woke up 45 minutes ago. The last two or three nights I had insomnia, so I feel better, just hope I can get to sleep tonight.
I’m not watching the bs commission.
“There’s lots of misinformation posted on FR about HIPAA. Just another reason why I’m so picky about accuracy and factual info.”
Well, you know it’s not just about Hippa, LOL?
Thx for clearing it up, I’m glad that list I copied do have limited access - so can an employer ask about vaccination status?
Don’t most people call their insurance company for that information?
Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187
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Republicans pushing for regime change in Cuba while our regime indefinitely locks up their own supporters and orders Big Tech to crack down on free speech
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I just requested a meeting with the White House to discuss how to best support the Cuban people in their quest for liberty against the oppressive regime in Havana.
The world is watching—this is a moment when the U.S. can change the course of human history for the better.
TheLeoTerrell
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Nancy Pelosi: You cannot distract Americans from violent crimes occurring in Democratic Cities with your fake Congressional hearings regarding January 6th.
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