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2003-06-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To say that these new rules and regulation are to protect your medical privacy is bureaucratic double-speak at its worst. Let me way in from the provider side of this debate. HIPA is going to make

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2003-06-02 Thread Horn, John
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure what John has in mind for future benefits, but one of the impacts the legislation has had to date is on healthcare portability. If you move from one employer to another you can no longer be denied care or have

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2003-06-02 Thread Horn, John
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me way in from the provider side of this debate. HIPA is going to make the practice of medicine much more difficult and more expensive. All of those forms patients are being required to sign are forced on all of us by the government.

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2003-06-01 Thread Horn, John
From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Speaking as someone who has been immersed in HIPAA for the last 2 years for my job, this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. Whether you know it or not you now have a medical identification number. Er, no. You don't. I just received a

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2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: There are parts of the HIPAA rule that I don't like, but there are plenty more that I do like. Both as a member of the healthcare community and as a patient. HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal of money, though. Some of what we do at BCA includes

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 09:31:44AM -0500, Horn, John wrote: this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. Which is what I have come to expect from most of the articles posted by Fool. I used to at least skim the articles he posted, but now I usually delete them without opening them. He

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Horn, John
From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Horn, John wrote: There are parts of the HIPAA rule that I don't like, but there are plenty more that I do like. Both as a member of the healthcare community and as a patient. HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal of

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 09:31:44AM -0500, Horn, John wrote: this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. Which is what I have come to expect from most of the articles posted by Fool. I used to at least skim the articles he posted, but now I usually delete them

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: Horn, John wrote: this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. Which is what I have come to expect from most of the articles posted by Fool. I was afraid I was the only who'd noticed that. One of his pension articles was so full of inaccuracies and half truths I

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal of money, though. Trust me. Even for a big shop like mine, it's a momentous task. We are spending a huge amount of money on it. And it's not over yet! But, hopefully, when all is set and

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 5/31/2003 4:00:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To say that these new rules and regulation are to protect your medical privacy is bureaucratic double-speak at its worst. Let me way in from the provider side of this debate. HIPA is going to make the

Hipper on HIPAA, Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Kanandarqu
H.I.P.A.A. Whether you know it or not you now have a medical identification number. I just received a copy of an in-house memo from an employer concerning HIPAA Compliance. It states, Attached is a privacy notice that (name of company) is required to provide to you based upon a new health

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Kanandarqu
Horn, John wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal of money, though. Trust me. Even for a big shop like mine, it's a momentous task. We are spending a huge amount of money on it. And it's not over yet! But, hopefully, when all is set and