This sort of thing was going around a few years ago - it was part of what motivated the withdrawal and indefinite suspension of the individual identifier - but I thought everybody who actually had an interest in whether such rumors were real had researched it enough to know better by now.
-----Original Message----- From: Huber, Cheri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:58 AM To: 'Kelli Knuckles'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is this a joke? Unfortunately, I don't think "Bill D." is joking, but he is not a physician, either, it appears. GroLen Communications, Inc., of Manchester, New Hampshire, which is the company from which Bill D. launched this ludicrous concept, offers corporate, consumer and internet communications "solutions". My guess is that GroLen will be losing a few customers following Bill D.'s misguided posting. Mr. Danby, if you were joking, 'fess up now before your company's credibility is irretrievably compromised. -----Original Message----- From: Kelli Knuckles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PHI MAP is here ( was RE: Yoo-hoo!! Kristi?!! Where are you!! Yoo-hoo!! This has got be a joke. Everything in the supposed "solution" is in direct conflict with what the purpose of HIPAA actually is, and whomever wrote this is not very familiar with the regulations. Conspiracy theory, anyone? >>> "Rebecca Cowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/23/02 06:59AM >>> Is this a joke? ----- Original Message ----- From: "fwdanby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Re: PHI MAP is here ( was RE: Yoo-hoo!! Kristi?!! Where are you!! Yoo-hoo!! > Many of my colleagues are getting pretty fed up with the requirements > dictated by HIPAA. To know them is not to love them! > Some see the following as a way to save time and money that would be FAR FAR > BETTER APPLIED TO PATIENT CARE. > What do you think of this approach (aside of course from envying the less > than 10 crowd). > Yes I know there are some debatable quibbles in the content. > Bill D. > > MODEL PATIENT PRIVACY PROTECTION ADVISORY > Notice of Non-participation in Government Medical Records Program > > > I have chosen to remain a non-covered entity under the Health Insurance > Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that goes into effect in > October 2002. If I agreed to participate, I would have to comply with more > than 3,000 pages of federal laws and regulations that decide how and when > your > private medical files are used, as well as who has access to them.This would > be done without your permission. Instead, you would only have a chance to > read a statement of general ways your records might be used, rather than > requiring your consent for their use. > > Under these rules, thousands of government agencies would have virtually > unrestricted access to your medical records.The HIPAA standards will result > in a nationwide data base of medical records accessible to marketers, > government agents, researchers, and many private entities whose interests > may > conflict with the best interest of patients. It is not possible to protect > confidentiality once records are in a networked computer, no matter how many > rules are in force. > > Further, the regulations enable a centralized government database of > everyone's medical records. Information in your medical record could be used > against you, for example, to ration your care or even to prosecute you, as > for an allegedly false statement to an insurer. > > By choosing to be a "non-covered entity" and not filing a compliance program > with the government, I am better able to protect the confidentiality of your > medical record. > > I am also better able to serve your medical needs by concentrating on > medical > problems rather than complex, ever-changing rules, and by organizing my > practice in an efficient manner rather than the way dictated by government > rules. > > Our practice will not participate in the entry of your private data into > this > data base. Your records will be released only with your written consent, > except as may be specifically required by law. > > To do this, I must file only paper claims, not electronic ones. This may > delay processing. > > You may choose to file your own claim. 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