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    • BRRABillB
      BRRABill @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said

      Sure they are, they are just not necessarily Covered Entities with regards to HIPAA.

      And hence not covered under the HIPAA rule.

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        Jason Banned @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in HIPPA:

        @Jason said in HIPPA:

        @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

        @Jason said

        So your employer can share your SSN, what medications you are taking, disabilities etc with anyone? That doesn't seem correct.

        They should never have any of your health information. They cannot get it without your consent, unless you give it to them.

        Here's the whole page I took that snippet from. (It's short.)

        http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html

        Um most employers including mine requires current prescriptions on file, and if you take a drug test you have to list medications you are taking as well.

        Wow - who the hell are you working for? Invasion of privacy anyone? So - do those same companies ask for your Facebook Logon, email logons, etc?

        No, it's for Safety in case you are injuried they need to know what perscription meds you are on, also if they show in your drug test somehow and it's not listed your fired. Doesn't matter.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Jason
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          @Jason said in HIPPA:

          @Dashrender said in HIPPA:

          @Jason said in HIPPA:

          @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

          @Jason said

          So your employer can share your SSN, what medications you are taking, disabilities etc with anyone? That doesn't seem correct.

          They should never have any of your health information. They cannot get it without your consent, unless you give it to them.

          Here's the whole page I took that snippet from. (It's short.)

          http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html

          Um most employers including mine requires current prescriptions on file, and if you take a drug test you have to list medications you are taking as well.

          Wow - who the hell are you working for? Invasion of privacy anyone? So - do those same companies ask for your Facebook Logon, email logons, etc?

          No, it's for Safety in case you are injuried they need to know what perscription meds you are on, also if they show in your drug test somehow and it's not listed your fired. Doesn't matter.

          This makes me sad for the country.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @BRRABill
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            @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

            @Dashrender said

            Sure they are, they are just not necessarily Covered Entities with regards to HIPAA.

            And hence not covered under the HIPAA rule.

            I'll have to double check, but I'm pretty sure everyone is covered by HIPAA, but Covered Entities CE have even more restrictions. For example, Business Associates of CEs are definitely covered by HIPAA, made even more so with ARRA than they were under HIPAA direct.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in HIPPA:

              @Jason said in HIPPA:

              @Dashrender said in HIPPA:

              @Jason said in HIPPA:

              @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

              @Jason said

              So your employer can share your SSN, what medications you are taking, disabilities etc with anyone? That doesn't seem correct.

              They should never have any of your health information. They cannot get it without your consent, unless you give it to them.

              Here's the whole page I took that snippet from. (It's short.)

              http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html

              Um most employers including mine requires current prescriptions on file, and if you take a drug test you have to list medications you are taking as well.

              Wow - who the hell are you working for? Invasion of privacy anyone? So - do those same companies ask for your Facebook Logon, email logons, etc?

              No, it's for Safety in case you are injuried they need to know what perscription meds you are on, also if they show in your drug test somehow and it's not listed your fired. Doesn't matter.

              This makes me sad for the country.

              Agreed!

              So who are those employers again so I know not to bother applying there?

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said

                I'll have to double check, but I'm pretty sure everyone is covered by HIPAA, but Covered Entities CE have even more restrictions. For example, Business Associates of CEs are definitely covered by HIPAA, made even more so with ARRA than they were under HIPAA direct.

                Yes, they changed the rule a bit to make Business Associates fall under the rule as well.

                Here is a good write up of who is covered.
                http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities/index.html

                But anyone not on that short list is not. For example, if you give your health info to a company that is making a health care product, they are not covered. Now, in my experience those kinds of companies protect the data even MORE, because it is vital to their business, and not just a requirement of the government.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  OK thanks, the scope is much smaller than I realized.

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @Jason
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                    @Jason said in HIPPA:

                    @Dashrender said in HIPPA:

                    @Jason said in HIPPA:

                    @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

                    @Jason said

                    So your employer can share your SSN, what medications you are taking, disabilities etc with anyone? That doesn't seem correct.

                    They should never have any of your health information. They cannot get it without your consent, unless you give it to them.

                    Here's the whole page I took that snippet from. (It's short.)

                    http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html

                    Um most employers including mine requires current prescriptions on file, and if you take a drug test you have to list medications you are taking as well.

                    Wow - who the hell are you working for? Invasion of privacy anyone? So - do those same companies ask for your Facebook Logon, email logons, etc?

                    No, it's for Safety in case you are injuried they need to know what perscription meds you are on, also if they show in your drug test somehow and it's not listed your fired. Doesn't matter.

                    This is crazy. I can't fathom this being required from any employer. I've worked in factories and construction zones where the risk of injury is huge. Most people carried a prescription card, what medications they were taking, in their wallet but never would have given, or have been asked to give, that information to the company.

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                      Jason Banned
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                      We are a fortune 100 manufacturing company. We've had a lot of management changes in the past month that haven't been so good. None of this stuff would have been allowed before. We've had two hundred or so employees quit in the last month over this stuff, granted that's less than half of a percent of our work force.

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @Jason
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                        @Jason said

                        We are a fortune 100 manufacturing company. We've had a lot of management changes in the past month that haven't been so good. None of this stuff would have been allowed before. We've had two hundred or so employees quit in the last month over this stuff, granted that's less than half of a percent of our work force.

                        Still not sure they can force it. Those people quitting is the definition of why we have these labor laws.

                        It would be like asking a woman if she was pregnant ever day and firing her if she said yes.

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22 @Jason
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                          @Jason said in HIPPA:

                          @BRRABill said in HIPPA:

                          @Jason

                          Are you sure they got it from the test and not elsewhere?

                          Yes, she even told me that's where she got it.

                          Is this a crazy obsessed fangirl or something you handsome devil?

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                          • BrainsB
                            Brains @jyates
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                            @jyates said in HIPPA:

                            I believe HIPAA only covers medical information, so it wouldn't cover your name, number, nor your address.

                            I suggest using a google voice number to give out to people.

                            It also covers individually identifiable information

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