HIPAA violations
What is the name of your state? Arkansas
This may sound a little wierd, but I will do the best I can to explain. I was involved in an Motor Vehicle Accident late last year. My employer is the ambulance service that transported my wife and myself. I recently asked for a copy of our patient care reports to maintain for our own records. During the time I was out for my injuries (almost 8 months), 60% of our company was purchased by a larger ambulance service. I had to contact their main office in my state for the information. I requested that it be sent to me. Instead, the secretary from the main office faxed it to my boss and then called to discuss my requesting it. I never received the copy of the one sent to my boss. At one time he did tell me he wanted to talk to me but that what he needed to talk to me about he had at home in his briefcase. I never received that copy. After almost two months of waiting for it to be sent to my house (I didn't feel it needed to go to my work since it was none of my coworkers business that I had requested it), I finally filed a HIPAA complaint with our main office for the fact that I had never received one and had been lead on after numerous phone conversations and told it was being sent. I only wanted a copy of our care reports. I finally received a copy from the President of the Companies daughter who was filling in as compliance officer while her husband was out of state. She also works for the company. When I finally got a copy of our reports, they also sent a copy of the screen displays that they had entered for billing purposes. There were numerous mistakes on the displays. I informed them of that to which they got rude about. They have still not given me the original copies that I suspect my immediate boss (The President's son) took home with him. The inaccuracies have never been fixed on the billing screens. Also the President of the company was up one day and took me aside and told me to stop sending letters to the main office and that his daughter wouldn't back down if it came to a fight. My question is, have they violated my HIPAA rights for the following reasons: 1. Having faxed our care reports to our office where they could have sat for hours before picked up (A common occurance with faxes). 2. For my immediate boss having taken them home with him where who knows how many guests could have seen them. (my boss is single and in his early 20's). 3. For not fixing the irregularities within 60 days of request to do so (it is posted in our companies HIPAA policies that they will do so). 4. The discussion by what seems to be my bosses entire family about me for no real reason. 5. How can this affect me as an employee of this company. 6. What do I do now? All this has arisen from me just asking for a copy of our runforms.
Please do not make the assumption that I am seeking to sue them. I am not seeking rude replies that do not address the issues raised.
Thanks
What is the name of your state? Arkansas
This may sound a little wierd, but I will do the best I can to explain. I was involved in an Motor Vehicle Accident late last year. My employer is the ambulance service that transported my wife and myself. I recently asked for a copy of our patient care reports to maintain for our own records. During the time I was out for my injuries (almost 8 months), 60% of our company was purchased by a larger ambulance service. I had to contact their main office in my state for the information. I requested that it be sent to me. Instead, the secretary from the main office faxed it to my boss and then called to discuss my requesting it. I never received the copy of the one sent to my boss. At one time he did tell me he wanted to talk to me but that what he needed to talk to me about he had at home in his briefcase. I never received that copy. After almost two months of waiting for it to be sent to my house (I didn't feel it needed to go to my work since it was none of my coworkers business that I had requested it), I finally filed a HIPAA complaint with our main office for the fact that I had never received one and had been lead on after numerous phone conversations and told it was being sent. I only wanted a copy of our care reports. I finally received a copy from the President of the Companies daughter who was filling in as compliance officer while her husband was out of state. She also works for the company. When I finally got a copy of our reports, they also sent a copy of the screen displays that they had entered for billing purposes. There were numerous mistakes on the displays. I informed them of that to which they got rude about. They have still not given me the original copies that I suspect my immediate boss (The President's son) took home with him. The inaccuracies have never been fixed on the billing screens. Also the President of the company was up one day and took me aside and told me to stop sending letters to the main office and that his daughter wouldn't back down if it came to a fight. My question is, have they violated my HIPAA rights for the following reasons: 1. Having faxed our care reports to our office where they could have sat for hours before picked up (A common occurance with faxes). 2. For my immediate boss having taken them home with him where who knows how many guests could have seen them. (my boss is single and in his early 20's). 3. For not fixing the irregularities within 60 days of request to do so (it is posted in our companies HIPAA policies that they will do so). 4. The discussion by what seems to be my bosses entire family about me for no real reason. 5. How can this affect me as an employee of this company. 6. What do I do now? All this has arisen from me just asking for a copy of our runforms.
Please do not make the assumption that I am seeking to sue them. I am not seeking rude replies that do not address the issues raised.
Thanks
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