The physician cannot opt out of it. The patient cannot opt out of HIPAA, they can

Posted By: Suzanne on 2006-01-17
In Reply to: Reality check - Milton's Red Stapler

sign a declaration to allow everyone to know their personal information. That isn't quite the same thing as you are stating. But you answered a post with information that was not pertinent. Another posted stated that it was a "law" under HIPAA that patient's name could not be included in a record. I don't understand the correlation with your post.

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HIPAA - Suzanne
- HIPAA is a joke. These reports go to third world countries. nm - Who do they think they are kidding?
- Reality check - Milton's Red Stapler
  - The physician cannot opt out of it. The patient cannot opt out of HIPAA, they can - Suzanne
    - right on the ball there, are ya? - Milton's Red Stapler
      - and you were pleasant on top....sm - great post, thank you, much appreciated...
- wow - did not mean to stir it up so much. - newbie
- Amen. (nm) - Lori
- bottom line is what the client wants...no mess. - that hipaa poster said 3 times that I read

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A patient's name is almost required in the report

to help with filing the report into the chart. Now whether or not it a copy of that record can be sent out with the patient's name is a different story depending on several factors. For example, all identifying information must be removed by a hospital's tumor registrar before submitting the information to the College of Surgeons who monitor cancer trends and treatments.

Many services are steering away from the name of the patient being in the body of the report as a general safeguard, which is a good thing, but this is not mandated by any law.

More info?.......what is patient diagnosed with
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HIPAA

You can post all the links you want, HIPAA says you cannot disclose PHI. It does not state that a doctor/NP/any other medical dictator cannot put patient identifying information into their own report. It says that if you want to use medical reports for research, then you must remove PHI. End of story.

BOS has nothing to do with this at all. BOS does not sign your checks. I don't know who the person is who keeps posting that it is a HIPAA law, but they are WRONG and they are giving advice that is WRONG. They obviously haven't bothered to read the link they keep posting or taken the time to ask questions to become better informed about things that they wish to discuss. Shame on them.

You are simply misinformed. It is not a HIPAA law.
It is obviously easier to take our identifying patient information when medical records are used for research, it is not a law. The person signing the check decides how much PI is in the report. Please be better informed if you are going to have new MTs information.

pls read hipaa link supplied above and.....sm
read the AAMT BOS....but bottom line, that poster Suzanne was right about one thing.....it's the client's wishes that count......you can only inform the MDs of the new changes in HIPAA and BOS but you cannot make them do anything they do not want to do...

HIPAA is a joke. These reports go to third world countries. nm
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