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Journal pudge's Journal: Forms 7

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I went to the doctor recently and I was asked to sign a form saying I had read and understood the privacy form that I could request. So I requested it. It took them 5 minutes just to find a copy, because they normally don't have them our, or give them out, and weren't even sure where they were located. I am not sure whether to be more disturbed by the fact that there are a great many patients who perjured themselves, or that the doctor's office didn't even really prepare for that ONE PERSON who wouldn't do so.

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  • This has to do with new federal regulations on physicians and hospitals about information disclosure. You would not believe how complex this stuff is getting, or even how much it is costing medical providers.

    • Yes, I know it's HIPPA, and it's a good thing. The medical providers have been far too careless with patient information in the past, and if it is costing them now, it's because they screwed up before (collectively speaking).
      • Actually, the HIPPA regulations aren't that bad. I was and am in charge of all HIPPA required training, information, procedures, etc for our laboratory. The forms you spoke of are hardly ever requested and only fairly recently required to be provided (since April of last year). I can understand why they may not have instantly know where they were located.

        As long as they didn't take TOO long getting them to you, I wouldn't be disturbed at all. Remember, you probably asked a clerk who was trained on HIPP
    • HIPPA was the medical/clinical boogieman of 2002/2003. But it really wasn't. Most of the regs were simple -- like PHI must be stored in a secure area. How do you "secure" an area? A simple policy statement does the trick. "No non-authorized personnel allowed in storage area" and post a sign in the area.

      I'll tell you this, it made Medical/caid and insurance claim submissions WORLDS easier. We went from submitting 90% paper claims to submitting 30% paper claims -- all the rest is down done electronical
      • I'll tell you this, it made Medical/caid and insurance claim submissions WORLDS easier. We went from submitting 90% paper claims to submitting 30% paper claims -- all the rest is down done electronically.

        Yes, but it made things that much more difficult for the independently practicing physician. I knew a couple of folks that actually had not gone to electronic records yet, and this mandate essentially forced them to adopt six figures worth of hardware, software and training.

        That issue aside, the Medicai

        • Yes, but it made things that much more difficult for the independently practicing physician. I knew a couple of folks that actually had not gone to electronic records yet, and this mandate essentially forced them to adopt six figures worth of hardware, software and training.

          I'm sorry to hear that. They should not have been required to invest that much. Some consultant probably reamed them royally. There was a mad-rush regarding HIPPA similar to the Y2K bug back in 1998/1999. Subscribing to a clearing

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