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cannabis_flower

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54. More about HIPAA...
Tue Aug 13, 2019, 10:37 PM
Aug 2019

I have had to deal with HIPAA before but it's been a few years so I had to look it up. I worked for a call center and we had to take a course in HIPAA because we might (but seldom did) come into contact with health information and since we were business associates of the Georgia Department of Human Resources we would be required to comply if we had to deal with any health information

So here is the information on how long HIPAA applies and who is required to comply with HIPAA.


Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule apply to deceased individuals?

The HIPAA Privacy Rule states that individuals’ identifiable health information remain protected for 50 years following their death.

“The Rule explicitly excludes from the definition of ‘protected health information’ individually identifiable health information regarding a person who has been deceased for more than 50 years,” the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) explains on its website. “During the 50-year period of protection, the Privacy Rule generally protects a decedent’s health information to the same extent the Rule protects the health information of living individuals but does include a number of special disclosure provisions relevant to deceased individuals.”

The provisions where a covered entity can disclose the PHI of a deceased individual include the following:

(1) to alert law enforcement to the death of the individual, when there is a suspicion that death resulted from criminal conduct

(2) to coroners or medical examiners and funeral directors

(3) for research that is solely on the protected health information of decedents

(4) to organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissue for the purpose of facilitating organ, eye, or tissue donation and transplantation

(5) to a family member or other person who was involved in the individual’s health care or payment for care prior to the individual’s death, unless doing so is inconsistent with any prior expressed preference of the deceased individual that is known to the covered entity

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/how-do-hipaa-regulations-apply-after-death

Who Must Comply With The HIPAA Privacy Rule?

The HIPAA Privacy Rule pertains to health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses and to the business associates of these entities.

https://www.healthit.gov/faq/who-must-follow-hipaa


So, doctors, the jail, insurance etc. are required to comply with HIPAA. But if I was say a bystander that just happened to be around when someone was being pronounced dead, such as another inmate, a bystander at the hospital such as another patient who happens to be standing around in the hallway when someone is brought in, a reporter, and a relative or friend of Mr. Epstein, I would not be committing a violation of HIPAA if I posted that Epstein was dead before it was officially released by the hospital.

If I'm not a healthcare provider, a health plan, a health care clearinghouse or an employee or business associate of these entities, I would not be committing a HIPAA violation by disclosing that he was dead.

Definitely off-topic, but what's with all those number sequences? Does that mean something? ret5hd Aug 2019 #1
I think that's their equivalent of retweets sandensea Aug 2019 #2
It's an anonymous site so probably their userids toddwv Aug 2019 #3
Numbers are link to replies... TomVilmer Aug 2019 #5
Each number is basically a user replying. joshcryer Aug 2019 #56
Curiouser and curiouser.... jpak Aug 2019 #4
That 2nd post was so detailed...makes me wonder if it's EMS or Nevermypresident Aug 2019 #6
Yup....doesn't sound like a guard. DrToast Aug 2019 #7
if the poster was in hospital or first responder kozar Aug 2019 #13
Good point. Forgot about HIPAA. DrToast Aug 2019 #15
Does HIPPA apply after death? ArcticFox Aug 2019 #33
Hippa applies for all knowledge kozar Aug 2019 #38
Death is pronounced by a doctor cannabis_flower Aug 2019 #44
exactly,but not always,, kozar Aug 2019 #48
and I should have added kozar Aug 2019 #49
Thanks for the explanation ArcticFox Aug 2019 #47
More about HIPAA... cannabis_flower Aug 2019 #54
The post says he was worked on 20 minutes and then "called." Beartracks Aug 2019 #60
Yep. nt Laffy Kat Aug 2019 #51
sounds like an EMT Kitchari Aug 2019 #8
if it is study war no more Aug 2019 #17
Pick up on their radio channel? Duppers Aug 2019 #28
Those details are never (to my knowledge) broadcast UpInArms Aug 2019 #45
You'd be surprised who is on 4chan Loki Liesmith Aug 2019 #11
That site scares the shit out of me. I'm sure you're right about being surprised about Nevermypresident Aug 2019 #52
Sounds like this came from someone with an emergency/police scanner. Texin Aug 2019 #9
Would that be on a secure channel? Maggiemayhem Aug 2019 #10
I don't think so - at least back in the 1980s it was all in the clear. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #22
See my post #45 UpInArms Aug 2019 #46
Are we sure this is legitimate? murielm99 Aug 2019 #12
Emergency call was made at 6:30 AM jberryhill Aug 2019 #32
def med professional language study war no more Aug 2019 #14
umm its standard kozar Aug 2019 #50
The childish compulsion to say, "I knew it first!" is going to get someone into trouble here. tblue37 Aug 2019 #16
Yep. demmiblue Aug 2019 #19
I read that on 16chan, someone DMd that day that Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #18
WTF... 16chan?! demmiblue Aug 2019 #21
Are they up to 32chan yet? lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #23
I'm waiting until 512chan before I dip my toe in. demmiblue Aug 2019 #24
Yes, didn't want to wade in. They post on Reddit. Too scary Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #27
Reddit has gotten more pleasent christx30 Aug 2019 #62
and there are reports of screams coming from his cell Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #53
We should just act like it's proof certain trump had him killed. Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #59
The NY Post who simultaneously ran an interview with the killer cop gldstwmn Aug 2019 #64
The people we depend on for our safety HopeAgain Aug 2019 #20
Yikes, a Trumper EMT could let black/brown people die. radius777 Aug 2019 #65
Hackers could have been all up in everything MCC over Epstein -- video system, sound, records, ancianita Aug 2019 #25
How is it possible for anyone to have known before Aaron Katersky?!?!?!???!?!11??!1 jberryhill Aug 2019 #26
Whoosh. n/t demmiblue Aug 2019 #29
A New York Post photographer caught him going into the ER at 7:30 AM jberryhill Aug 2019 #31
Umm, no: "... and you believe there is some mystery about how anyone knew before 8:54 AM?" demmiblue Aug 2019 #34
Okay, so, what's the big deal about someone posting it on 4chan before ABC? jberryhill Aug 2019 #35
Lol... NSS. n/t demmiblue Aug 2019 #36
It doesn't necessarily invalidate the 4chan posting, though. joshcryer Aug 2019 #57
and how can you know if Jeffrey Epstein is in this photo ... kwassa Aug 2019 #55
Oh, okay jberryhill Aug 2019 #58
Reporting in to the God Emperor? Hekate Aug 2019 #30
The righties have the best connections, they're able to get all the important Mc Mike Aug 2019 #37
John Kenneth Galbraith... Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #40
Steady diet of misinfo and disinfo, along with first to get it info. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #41
They don't even have a clue that they don't even have a prayer. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #42
Thanks for the link. I remember the family. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #43
Of all the places... Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #39
hanging, cardiac arrest ... WTF? milestogo Aug 2019 #61
First responder? EMT maybe? Blue_Tires Aug 2019 #63
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