[BluSky]

Still waiting. (Refer to post #30)

Can anyone answer my questions?

I understand the doctor shopping issues are separate but, aren't 'medical records' off limits especially to the public as Federal HIPAA laws stipulate?

[Mamzelle]

re: I understand the doctor shopping issues are separate but, aren't 'medical records' off limits especially to the public as Federal HIPAA laws stipulate?)))

Even people in hospital admins could not answer that question clearly for you. The law is such that people wanting to obey it will probably find it impossible and contradictory. Then the government can pick and choose over who it will be enforced against.

Like so many regulations, it is designed to make a criminal out of whoever the powers want to see criminalized.

[GigaDittos]

I believe HIPPA is to protect the patience's privacy from probing ears. I don't know how it is impacted by legal issues that may arise. What have they caught Rush actually doing? They haven't, right? Isn't this all from allegations from a maid? It looks like the prosecution is "evidence shopping", because they can't find any the normal way.

[DumpsterDiver]

There are some threads about HIPAA at the following link. Maybe there's an answer to your questions there.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/keyword/HIPAA