Comments on: HIPAA violations are finally starting to be punished

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By: Waters

Waters — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000

My husband was recently dismissed from a hospital, & he was given dismissal instructions , but the last three pages were on another patient. They were actually medical history & etc. We have contacted the hospital numerous times to discussed this incident, but have not been called back We feel like this was a hippa violation.

By: Kenneth g Varney-707-954-0431

Kenneth g Varney-707-954-0431 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:31:00 +0000

My name is Ken Varney with a clean record?In Del Norte County,C.A.,I was arrested May 8,2011,Two months later not getting proper medical while in jail.I had a stroke maybe 2 hours the jailer”s knowing something was wrong left in a wheel chair .They said you better not by faulting a stroke,while in kicking and shacking not ably to talk with flashligts in my eyes.The next morning in the Hospital kn know not under

By: gloria

gloria — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:09:00 +0000

i was @ my chiropractors office for an adjustment…i didn’t have a co-pay but when i got to the front of the desk the girl in the back office yelled out “you owe for the last 3 visits plus this one which is 40.00 for each visit….thats $160.00, i asked why she was just informing me of my co-pay now and she could have done it “professionally” the last 3 months i was there? i told the receptionist that i had to go get my purse from the car and the lady in the waiting room started laughing and said “watch the bitch leave”….i was pissed and totally humiliated by this…..is this considered a HIPPA violation?

By: Joemikeococ

Joemikeococ — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000

Each time I go to my pharmacy to pick up my medication I here personal information about other customers….Like, kinds of medication, phone numbers, medical record numbers, reasons for medication, patient’s name, address or phone number, Doctor’s name, and other patient information…..the pharmacy has 4 windows going at once and at each pharmacy their behavior is similar. My guess is the HIPPA laws aren’t effective under these conditions…what do you think?

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:40:00 +0000

My daughter’s doctor’s office called and gave her test results to one of her co-workers, who then texted her the info. her husband and I are the only ones on her list to be given medical info to. Did the doctor’s office break the hippa law?

By: Janesmith

Janesmith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:45:00 +0000

At work a guy had been fired because he was selling prescription drugs, just back from FMLA they call us into the office and ask us what medication we were taking, isn’t this a direct violation of the law?

By: worried sister

worried sister — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:12:00 +0000

my sister worked at a hospital and got terminated for accessing a patients file they claim for not a right to know it was part of her job to access these files and pull reports for doctors when asked to in doing this they had no policy or procedure for nothing to protect her the hospital or the patients from a hippa violation if a complaint was filed (no log or place to note why in the file and for whom and was to give information to whom ever called as long as they stated they was from a doctor’s office with no proof) she stated that she was just doing her job that was the only reason she would be a file at all they investigated this and showed that she did log into the files but nothing was printed or faxed out then terminated her for a class 3 hippa violation this dont seem right to me could she sue for wrongful termination?

By: Tamika_dobbins

Tamika_dobbins — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:59:00 +0000

what can happen to a pharmacist that violate hippe

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:19:00 +0000

Confused-

I don’t know the exact wording, but I work with HIPAA compliance and know that if there is someone in the room with you that you wanted in the room, the doctor is able to speak openly about your medical details. Now if you made it clear you did not want your boyfriend in the room, or if the doctor discussed this in public, that would be a violation. Because your bf was in the office with you, it is considered reasonable (read: legal) to talk about your medical history. Basically it’s like this: doctors can discuss medical stuff with your family and friends if you, the patient, agrees OR, when given the opportunity, does not object. By having him in the room with you, you are “not objecting” to him knowing your medical details. I mean, after all, it is a medical check up… You should expect a doctor to discuss your medical history.