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Date: | Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:43:00 -0500 |
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Ooh, this just burns me up. The whole point of HIPAA is that the PATIENT is
the master of his/her medical information. To hear that a mother is having
to cart a three-inch binder of medical records to-and-from her various
appointments, becuase the docs are refusing to share information back-and-
forth, is ludicrous. It is also a HIPAA violation.
I urge this mom -- who is obviously no slouch in the take-charge category --
to take a look at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/howtofile.htm . The Office for
Civil Rights, in the US Health and Human Services Dept, is charged with
enforcement of HIPAA. Mom does not have a private cause of action (she
can't sue these doctors' offices) -- but the OCR can investigate, based upon
her complaint. Aggregious violations call for criminal penalties to be
assessed.
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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