Roy, I
find that I must respectfully disagree with your second sentence below
"PHI"
refers to information not only about someone's health status, but also
information related to the past, present or future *payment* for health
care.
Information that a person's health plan will only cover prescriptions
filled at a particular pharmacy, in my view, falls within that definition, as
does the fact that a person is covered by a health plan at all.
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From: Clay, Roy III (NO) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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I would argue that releasing information that a patient has been restricted to one pharmacy is not a disclosure under HIPAA. A disclosure must contain a person's identifying information and information on their health status. I don't see how a pharmacy restriction would be considered information about health status other than such a restriction would imply abuse of some sort. But that would be like the information that you are in the hospital would imply that you were sick.
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