Rush should appeal this to the Fed Court system.
It is a clear violation of individual privacy rights. The gov't should not be allowed to run around grabbing folks' medical records.
If the reading of rights issue could make it into the federal system, then this should also be an item to consider.
The most ludicrous thing is that HIPAA (the Medicare inspired privacy law) prevents physicians' staff from discussing overpaid "unassigned" claims with Medicare staff.
Even though "unassigned" claims are filed by the physicians' staff they are not allowed to discuss them with Medicare staff.
The world is upside down.
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Federal HIPAA regulations come into play here..Rush's rights were violated!