alt.sports.college.sec.kentucky

Joseph wrote:
> "Derek" wrote in message news:5mcu6bFcrsjuU1@ ...
>> Joseph wrote:
>>> "Derek" wrote in message news:5mckviFcqia8U1@ ...
>>>> Joseph wrote:
>>>>> "Derek" wrote in message news:5mcfvoFcpdmmU1@ ...
>>>>>> I had hopes when Minnesota signed Coach Smith. Granted, I've not seen evidence of his coaching there, but my hopes
>>>>>> are fading fast.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Delusional is what I was thinking....;-)
>>>> HEY! Have you been peeking at my medical record again? I'm gonna hafta contact the HIPAA police!
>>> Don't do that those guy's are really out there...;-) Did you know that if you worked
>>> in a doctors/dentists office and someone you knew came in you could not even say
>>> hello to them? It would be a violation of HIPAA.
>> Now that's taking the paranoia to an extreme.
>>
>> Unless, of course, you can back up that assertion. (Can't tell if you're joking or not. I'm in bad need of a
>> vacation.)
>>
>> --
>> Derek
>
> No, I'm serious. A friend of mine repairs dental equipment and he says if he
> saw me in the dentists office he couldn't acknowledge that he saw me there
> because it was against the new HIPAA laws. Something about confidentiality
> between patient and client.

I wonder where he got that information. I'm not saying he's wrong. I'm
just saying that I've never heard of the requirement going that far.

HIPAA covers records and treatment, not personal interaction. In fact,
you can tell him anything you want to about why you're there. The law
gives YOU the right to share. But your dentist couldn't tell him why you
were there.

I may be wrong, and it wouldn't be the first time. But the trainings I
went through made it clear that acknowledging someone's existence didn't
violate their privacy.

Now, hacking into the system to see their records certainly would. :)

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Derek

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