Re: A rant and a poll

From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu)
Sat May 20 19:04:28 2006

From the HHS website:

>A covered entity also may leave a message with a family member or
>other person who answers the phone when the patient is not home. The
>Privacy Rule permits covered entities to disclose limited
>information to family members, friends, or other persons regarding
>an individual's care, even when the individual is not present.
>However, covered entities should use professional judgment to assure
>that such disclosures are in the best interest of the individual and
>limit the information disclosed. See 45 CFR 164.510(b)(3).

It never ceases to amaze me how much misinformation circulates in the name of HIPAA.

Anna Meenan, MD

>It's a HIPAA violation to have asked patient #2 to speak to patient
>#1 about calling for an appointment, unless patient #1 had put this
>gal's name down as a contact with permission to talk to her.. But,
>Patient #1 had no right to blow into a tirade like that,
>embarrassing the whole office. Document her tirade in her chart, as
>well as each attempt to reach her by phone and letter.
>
>Give her a handout with places for her sex partners to be treated-I
>would assume that with multiple positive chlamydia tests, she is
>either being cheated on or else she is cheating on the FOB, if she
>even knows who this is.
>
>If I were an MD, I'd consider mailing her a 30 day notice to find a
>new doctor-ask your med mal insurance company for advice on that
>issue, as she does soul like a problem patient, now and in the
>future.
>
>Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC
>student nurse practitioner and student midwife
>listowner of LegalNurseConsulting@yahoogroups.com
>certified high risk OB/legal consultant
>Perinatal Nurse Associates
>Santa Ana, CA

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