![]() Once you get out of the health care setting, HIPAA might as well be Kelly Ripa. Therefore, your doctor, nurse, or insurance company cannot tell others whether you have been vaccinated without your consent. They include anyone who is taking care of your medical needs, paying for your medical care, or handling your medical information for the purposes of medical care, billing, or some other health care related purpose. These so-called covered entities, the people and organizations covered by this HIPAA Privacy Rule, are all within health care settings. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HIPAA Privacy Rule “applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically.” Note that this did not say “applies to everyone.” Notice the words “health care” before each of the entities listed. (Photo by Paul Aiken/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images) MediaNews Group via Getty Imagesīut (and this is a big but and I cannot lie), HIPAA does not protect such PHI everywhere and under every circumstance. Nurses can discuss patients without worrying about being overheard or patients charts being seen. The nurse's station is closed off from the public in part due to HIPAA - Patient Privacy Act regulations. surgery wing of the Boulder Community Foothills Hospital. Ruth Alessi, RN, at left and Nonie Zeckser, a student nurse confer about a patient on the medical. As a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes, the law “required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.” What’s considered sensitive patient health information or protected health information (PHI)? Well, whether you have been vaccinated against Covid-19 would indeed fall under the category of PHI when it is combined with info that helps identify who you are like your name and social security number. No, HIPAA is a very specific federal law that went into effect in 1996. For example, the following probably wouldn’t fly with your significant other: “I didn’t say ‘I love you’ back because of HIPAA.” And don’t try the following on a date: “I didn’t tell you that I was married because of, you know, HIPAA.” Similarly, don’t expect HIPAA to rescue you after a job interview in such a manner: “when I said that I went to college, I didn’t clarify that it meant ‘went to a college one day to use the bathroom’ due to HIPAA.” ![]() If you need any assistance, please contact Medical Records at (404) 894-9236.HIPAA is not a get out of answering a question free card. ATTN: Medical Records. Please allow up to 30 days for processing. ![]()
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