Re: DOL vs. HIPAA

[Doug Webb]

Title: DOL vs. HIPAA

Agree. Subject to the restriction that whatever is disclosed for any purpose be only the minimum necessary for that purpose (which applys to all disclosures indipendant of the medium).   Remember that the great difficulty in giving out info over the phone is making that who is on the line is really who you think they are. (I like the suggestion of asking for a piece of info (such as patient's DOB) that's on the database for confirmation).   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 PROTECTED]   "This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity(s)  named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately,  delete the material from any computer, do not deliver, distribute, or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take action in reliance on the information it contains. Thank you."     ----- Original Message ----- From: Mendel, Linda R. To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 09:17 AM Subject: DOL vs. HIPAA I was thinking that disclosures to an employee who calls GHP customer service re the claims of his or her spouse could extend to the type of information the employee would get on an EOB.  In other words, if the employee can get the info on a paper EOB, then we (the GHP) should be able to give the employee the same information on the phone.  Agree or disagree? _______________________________________________________ From the law offices of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.  If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communications through this medium, please so advise the sender immediately. --- --- 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