Re: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there?
The boilerplate on this missive contains the following "If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. " Reminds me of the note that a young colonel freshly arrived in the Pentagon received from a higher-up in response to the former's initialling a document that crossed his desk. "Your rank does not permit you to initial this document. Please erase your initials and initial the erasure" F.W. (Bill) Danby, MD, Manchester, NH, USA - Original Message - From: Phil Burns To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:55 AM Subject: RE: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there? During the intro, ask everyone to introduce themselves to the person sitting next tothem, sharing their name, dept. etc. Then ask them to share their age,weight, sexually transmitted diseases, drug addictions -Original Message-From: Benjamin W. Tartaglia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:35 PMTo: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup ListSubject: RE: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there?Attached is a newsletter with a few tidbits of humor.Enjoy! Let me know if you find any good enough to use. BenBenjamin W. Tartaglia, MBA, BSIM, CSPDirector, Client ServicesBWT Associates, HealthCare ConsultantsHIPAA, JCAHO, Telemedicine, Contingency Planning, Telecommunications, Telephone Fraud & Abuse, Training Programs, Policy & Procedures, Management Audits.PO# 4515, Shrewsbury, MA 01545Phone: 508-845-6000EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]-Original Message-From: Bentz-Miller, Judith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:17 AMTo: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup ListSubject: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there? does anyone have any good HIPAA humor training tools that they would be willing to share? I am doing a presentation later today and I am looking for something different. Email me directly if you wish. Thank you for helping!---The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org Confidentiality Notice ** The information contained in this message may be privileged and is confidential information intended for the use of the addressee listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient nor the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. St. Mary's Health Care System, Inc.---The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services.They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on th
Re: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there?
Get an acronym-matching contest going. Here's the first (and it's not original to me) Healthy Income Protection for Aggressive Attorneys F.W. (Bill) Danby, MD, Manchester, NH, USA - Original Message - From: Bentz-Miller, Judith To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there? does anyone have any good HIPAA humor training tools that they would bewilling to share? I am doing a presentation later today and I am lookingfor something different. Email me directly if you wish. Thank you for helping!---The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
Re: HIPAA privacy and people
With the same due respect, and I, too, mean it sincerely, the word 'unworkable' is very tempting to apply to the whole HIPAA scenario where there is an interface with patients. Take a look at what all you very bright and well-intentioned folks have been posting over the past several months. This is a high level of confusion among intelligent people. Now translate that to the undeniable fact that half the people in the real world are below average intelligence (IQ < 100) and the world we physicians live and work in is populated by patients who, through no fault of their own, exhibit an even higher percentage of room temperature IQs. Sure, we will get some of the people complying some of the time, but all of the people all of the time is, in a word, unworkable. To have us exposed to legal liability in this situation is, in another word, unfair. I believe we providers should demand an umbrella of some sort to protect us from unwarranted, arbitrary, over-zealous enforcement of an essentially unworkable set of regulations. I'd love to hear other opinions on this - here if you think it warranted, privately if you think otherwise. FWDanby, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Benjamin W. Tartaglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: RE: HIPAA privacy and telephone > With all due respect, and I mean it sincerely. > > Good idea for privacy Based on my many years of management > engineering and the application of voice, data and image telecommunications > systems in healthcare as an employee and later as a consultant I suggest it > is unworkable. (really long and ill structured sentence). > > The major premise is "When the patient calls back, someone who can accept > the call and pin number is available". The major premise, although well > intentioned, is false. > > When I try to get to my Doctor's office, I get a call management system 99% > of the time. If I'm really lucky, I may get an answering service. People > who work for many answering services are part timers, sometimes from > temporary employment companies, working for minimum wage, with little or no > healthcare background. Try and get them HIPAA certified. > (I have also done consulting on Doctors' answering services.) > > I believe such a system would simply generate round after round of call > backs which are unsuccessful. If anyone thinks this would actually work, > should get another opinion and only pay for that opinion when the system is > proven effective. > > I really would like to talk to the people who have used this successfully so > that I might add to my professional knowledge and moderate my opinion on he > matter or... is this simply a "scenario" from a brainstorming session? > > Additional comments are welcomed and desired. I find I learn more from > people who disagree. > > Ben Tartaglia > Benjamin W. Tartaglia, MBA, BSIM, CSP > Director, Client Services > BWT Associates, HealthCare Consultants > > HIPAA, JCAHO, Telemedicine, Contingency Planning, Telecommunications, > Telephone Fraud & Abuse, Training Programs, Policy & Procedures, Management > Audits. > > PO# 4515, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 > Phone: 508-845-6000 > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > From: Ribelin, Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:09 AM > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > Subject: RE: HIPAA privacy and telephone > > > So far, the best scenario I have seen is the phone call that requests the > patient to call back to the office. Part of the call back involves a pin or > secret code that the patient was provided previously. > > Donald L. Ribelin > HIPAA Project Manager > Firsthealth of the Carolinas > (910) 215-2668 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > From: Doug Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:51 AM > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > Subject: Re: HIPAA privacy and telephone > > An extension to this -- how do you handle answering machines? > > My gut feeling is that either a no-no (the machine more questionable than a > family member) -- the information could only be released to the patient or > his/her representative designated in a written authorizaton. Perhaps > another signature on your main consent/authorization form to allow these > types of communications is what's needed??? > > The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the opinion of > LCMH. > > Douglas M. Webb > Computer System Engineer > Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care Centers > [EMAIL
Re: HIPAA-related privacy question (I think)
--- You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- KERBER, JEFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote: > Many providers are thinking that if they go paper only, they can get around > HIPAA... Only problem is, the federal programs are going to require > electronic submission. At that time, the provider either opts out of > MediCxxx programs to avoid complying with HIPAA or face becoming compliant. If the current worsening trend in MediCxxx reimbursement continues, the enforcement of electronic submission will be an added stimulus to cease to be a participant in these programs. Have any of you pointed this out to AARP? F. W. Danby, MD --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.
Re: Transaction Extension Plan
--- You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- Any idea how many of the nation's providers have complied / not complied? I think I was 487 or something like that. Who is counting? Nice job for somebody's electoral district, huh? If they will allow an extension by simple application why not just move the date back for everyone? Administrative Simplification? I beg to differ. F.W.Danby, MD --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.
Re: "Appropriate" physical safeguards
--- You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- In the last three offices I designed, I specified NO LOCKS on all exam room doors. Reason? To counter any suggestion that sexual harassment might have been possible. My staff moves freely, with a discreet knock, in and out of these areas, and patients who might attempt a spurious harassment suit know this. FWDanby MD - Original Message - From: "Noel Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: "Appropriate" physical safeguards > --- > You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org > --- > I would be interested in hearing from people who deal with solo practitioners > or small group practices, what are some of the issues you are having to > address in the doctor's office to ensure that "appropriate" physical > safeguards are provided (section 164.530(c)). Let's ignore the > administrative and technical safeguards for now. > > For example: > > At the check in window, is a sliding, frosted glass, window always > necessary? As long as computer terminals are not visible, nor any other PHI, > I say no. > > Are lockable doors necessary at every point that you do not intend non-office > personnel to access? Many offices I have seen have a door that separate the > waiting room from the rest of the office. Once you are in the exam area, > however, you can move freely (without any keys or combinations) from the exam > room to the insurance desk, to medical records area, to the referrals area, > etc. I would say it is pretty obvious that these areas are not intended for > patients to access but what is appropriate? Do I have to have locking doors > to separate these areas from the exam rooms? Can I just post signs that > notify patients that an area is restricted and they are not supposed to > enter? This is a gray area to me and without seeing the work area being > considered I would argue it is impossible to make blanket statements about > what is appropriate. Do people agree or do they feel there are some hard and > fast rules concerning how the physical work space should be layed out? > > Noel Chang > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > --- > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. > --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time.
