Remember when
.....you didn't care what the punishment was at school if they just didn't call your Dad.
Although, 40 years later, I still couldn't tell you what for, the teacher gave my and 2 other boys 3 swats apiece. I can remember thinking, we don't have a phone and I get the mail, I'm safe. The other 2 were on their own.
Although, 40 years later, I still couldn't tell you what for, the teacher gave my and 2 other boys 3 swats apiece. I can remember thinking, we don't have a phone and I get the mail, I'm safe. The other 2 were on their own.
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quote:Originally posted by dawnie
you would of thought so,they wouldnt even tell me what i said to this person,,,,of course i didnt know cause i didnt say anything and they wouldnt even tell me the date.
I would just love for them to say oooooh i am sorry yeah i know like that is going happen
Or it's like "OH crap! We made a firing mistake because we relied on information from that nitwit. This might come back on me. I better say I didn't make a mistake and cover my own butt. This might get messy."
As an unintelligent patient, HIPAA is stupid. When my wife wanted the insurance company to pay for a surgery that the company didn't want her to have, we had to provide copies of medical records from her doctors to prove she needed the surgery. Sounds simple enough, but we moved every year and a half for a while and she had a primary pyhiscian all over the state.
None of the doctors knew for sure how to interpret HIPAA and each office interpreted it differently. To me it was governmental bull crap. Warshington makes a law. It's vaguely ambiguously. Warshington doesn't want to clarify it, the politicians just want to proclaim "WE PASSED A NEW LAW TO PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY."
Unfortunately, it was nearly impossible to get her medical records from five different doctors because each doctor's office interpreted HIPAA differently and was scared to screw it up. The net effect to me was HIPAA made it more difficult to obtain personal medical records. It was another layer of stupidity on top of the insurance company.
Then again, I might be ranting about something I don't know jack about.0 -
quote:Originally posted by rhythm_guy
quote:Originally posted by JamesRKOriginally posted by MVP
What are HIPAA violations?
Glad to see your revenge came with out you having to do anything but watch[;)]
I'm not sure what HIPAA is, but if it is what I think it is, it's the federal law which can cause people to die unnecessarily.
If it's the law I think it is, it's the law which doesn't allow Duke Hospital to tell Halifax Hospital what is causing you to die, so you lie there and die while Halifax Hospital tries to figure it out.
Another fine example of the feds running the show.
Wrong. It's the federal law that doesn't allow Duke Hospital to disclose protected health information to anybody NOT related to the care of the patient. If they didn't tell Halifax Hospital what they needed to know to treat the patient they were just plain wrong. If they used HIPAA as an excuse, that's just plain wrong, too. Anybody who knows anything about it would know better.
The problem with this is, just the mention of HIPPA violation means a possible fine, possible repercusions. HIPPA is there it instill fear.0 -
While it does nothing for my current situation, there is a sense of satisfaction in knowing a former co-worker got what they deserved. It's not revenge. It does not benefit my own situation and it's not justification. Perhaps it's just knowing justice was finally done. A wrong was righted. There are a few good people in management that don't put up with that kind of crap.
The workplace is not somebody's playground. Those that act like playground bullies get it back at them...eventually.0 -
The wheel never stops turnin'. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by MVP
What are HIPAA violations?
Glad to see your revenge came with out you having to do anything but watch[;)]
I'm not sure what HIPAA is, but if it is what I think it is, it's the federal law which can cause people to die unnecessarily.
If it's the law I think it is, it's the law which doesn't allow Duke Hospital to tell Halifax Hospital what is causing you to die, so you lie there and die while Halifax Hospital tries to figure it out.
Another fine example of the feds running the show.
Sounds right to me. HIPPA prevents communication rather than improves it.
HIPPA goes against judges seeking mental information to disqualify a person from taking advantage of Second Amendment Rights.
HIPPA make it more difficult for prosecutors finding out if Rush Limbaugh is doctor shopping.0 -
Dawnie,
That for that email a year ago. Great advice. I don't know how much you read this forum. Did you catch the thread a few months ago that we're having a baby?0 -
quote:Originally posted by rhythm_guy
Wrong. It's the federal law that doesn't allow Duke Hospital to disclose protected health information to anybody NOT related to the care of the patient. If they didn't tell Halifax Hospital what they needed to know to treat the patient they were just plain wrong. If they used HIPAA as an excuse, that's just plain wrong, too. Anybody who knows anything about it would know better.
I had to get some surgery at Duke a few years ago. Part of their routine before they will do surgery is you have to get some x-rays and other tests at Duke. I went down there, took all their tests, and went back for the surgery.
About a month after the surgery I got a letter from Duke that said I had a problem with my x-rays and needed to waste no time getting it checked out with my local medical facility. This scared the mortal crap out of me. I took the letter and ziggied up to see my local doctor. My local doctor sent me with the letter to Halifax Hospital. They took some more x-rays. The local radiologist said he couldn't find anything wrong, but wouldn't give me a clean bill of health until he saw the Duke x-rays. My reaction to that was "Well, get the Duke x-rays". He said he tried, but they wouldn't release them without a signed release from me. I filled out the form and signed it, faxed it to Duke with a request that they overnight the x-rays to the local radiologist. Next day we hadn't heard from Duke, so I called them. I was told they couldn't accept a faxed authorization.
I filled out a new form and signed it. I ziggied on down to Duke, and with some intensive detective work found out where they keep the x-rays. I went to the basement and gave the form to the x-ray custodian. He told me he couldn't release the x-rays to me, only a radiologist.
After I explained in detail what I was about to do to his body, he gave me the x-rays and I signed enough forms to buy a house. I hand delivered the x-rays to the Halifax Hospital radiologist. He looked at them and told me the news. It turned out they had taken a picture of my nipple.
As it turned out there was no life threatening situation, but if it had been the "Big C" and if I had played their game by the rules, I'd be dead now.0 -
If you dish out bad Karma then the VOODOO will always come back and get you. Just ask Earl. 0 -
captplaid,,,what post i must have missed it 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dawnie
captplaid,,,what post i must have missed it
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=241815&whichpage=2&SearchTerms=simple0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by rhythm_guy
Wrong. It's the federal law that doesn't allow Duke Hospital to disclose protected health information to anybody NOT related to the care of the patient. If they didn't tell Halifax Hospital what they needed to know to treat the patient they were just plain wrong. If they used HIPAA as an excuse, that's just plain wrong, too. Anybody who knows anything about it would know better.
I had to get some surgery at Duke a few years ago. Part of their routine before they will do surgery is you have to get some x-rays and other tests at Duke. I went down there, took all their tests, and went back for the surgery.
About a month after the surgery I got a letter from Duke that said I had a problem with my x-rays and needed to waste no time getting it checked out with my local medical facility. This scared the mortal crap out of me. I took the letter and ziggied up to see my local doctor. My local doctor sent me with the letter to Halifax Hospital. They took some more x-rays. The local radiologist said he couldn't find anything wrong, but wouldn't give me a clean bill of health until he saw the Duke x-rays. My reaction to that was "Well, get the Duke x-rays". He said he tried, but they wouldn't release them without a signed release from me. I filled out the form and signed it, faxed it to Duke with a request that they overnight the x-rays to the local radiologist. Next day we hadn't heard from Duke, so I called them. I was told they couldn't accept a faxed authorization.
I filled out a new form and signed it. I ziggied on down to Duke, and with some intensive detective work found out where they keep the x-rays. I went to the basement and gave the form to the x-ray custodian. He told me he couldn't release the x-rays to me, only a radiologist.
After I explained in detail what I was about to do to his body, he gave me the x-rays and I signed enough forms to buy a house. I hand delivered the x-rays to the Halifax Hospital radiologist. He looked at them and told me the news. It turned out they had taken a picture of my nipple.
As it turned out there was no life threatening situation, but if it had been the "Big C" and if I had played their game by the rules, I'd be dead now.
I can't help you with Duke's ridiculous internal policies on release of information. It's very possible they made up some foolishness because somebody who knows nothing about it were scared of a HIPAA violation (which really can be a big deal). I'm sure a place that size has staff attorneys who could get involved so they wouldn't be so stupid about it.
I work in a smaller hospital where it's not very far from the top to the bottom. We educate people on HIPAA, and have one place, the Medical Records department, responsible for release of patient information. It's not that difficult, really.0
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