This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
HIPAA
May
24
2012
Have you ever tried to get some information from a hospital or school these days? There are a lot of restrictions and papers to sort through.
Transcript:
Person A : I can answer that question, but first I’ll need to see a copy of your privacy policy.
Person B shows the privacy policy
Person A : Okay, that looks fine.
Person A : Now I’ll need you to sign the HIPAA compliance form.
Person B signs the form
Person A : Good. Now to answer your question…
Person A : I’m fine, thanks. How are you?
The commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
Acts 23:19
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:38 am and has been carefully placed in the Humor category.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:29 am
It’s like HIPAA is running around hogging all the information; eating up all it can.
Hungry, hungry HIPAA.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
From my limited understanding, the problems are usually not the act but people’s interpretations of the act.
I will have much more than a limited understanding in a year.
May 24th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Nicely done, Ricky. I’m starting to think of some photo editing that could be done for this…
May 29th, 2019 at 11:50 pm
HIPAA caught my eye. In 2012 I said that I would have much more than a limited understanding by 2013. I did, and then I lost some of it. But it’s still enough to comment.
First, you mention schools and HIPAA together. Very likely, a school would not be subject to HIPAA. Parts of colleges might be – I’m thinking of a separate mental health-type office. Maybe – possibly – a school nurse might be. But they don’t have those anymore, do they? I’m not as familiar with schools, but my default would be to suspect most schools have no reason to consider the information they have to be subject to HIPAA.
Second – and this is for the HIPAA nerds out there – you would be signing a HIPAA authorization. Not a HIPAA compliance form. Not even a HIPAA consent form (consent and authorization are not the same thing for HIPAA).
Third, I endorse my 2012 comment above. Offices have you sign more forms than you need to. For example, HIPAA does not require an authorization for your doctor to (for example) talk with other doctors you’ve seen. But that’s a form I see all the time: “I authorize this doctor to talk with other doctors and get medical records in order to treat me.” I tried explaining this to a doctor’s office once. The nice lady behind the counter told me I needed to sign the form. I gave a short explanation as to why, actually, they could do everything on the form without my signature. She looked at me, waited a second, and then repeated that I needed to sign the form. So I guess resistance is useless.