RE: [EMED-L] Patriot Act and HIPPA (fwd)

["Paul Melson" <pmelson () gmail com>]

1) It's HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act 

2) The text about "Protection of the President and others" is directly from
the HIPAA Privacy rule (164.12(k)(3)).  Not sure why this is news.

3) For examples of this in other privacy statements and disclosure policies,
simply search Google for: hipaa "protection of the president and others" 

PaulM

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Terranson
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:54 PM
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Subject: [Full-disclosure] [EMED-L] Patriot Act and HIPPA (fwd)


Take note people!

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J.A. Terranson
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        the logistics and planning side of large criminal enterprise?

        - Steve Thompson



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:10:59 -0500
From: Jeanne Lenzer <jeanne.lenzer () GMAIL COM>
Reply-To: EMED-L -- a list for emergency medicine practitioners.
    <EMED-L () ITSSRV1 UCSF EDU>
To: EMED-L () ITSSRV1 UCSF EDU
Subject: [EMED-L] Patriot Act and HIPPA

Could anyone on this listserve who has seen anything like what follows
below, please contact me off-list immediately jeanne.lenzer () earthlink net
(for background or for attribution - your choice).

Thanks, Jeanne



A patient was handed a medical information rights and disclosure booklet she
got from her doctor. It lists the folks that they might release medical
information to for various reasons (health department, lawyers and courts
because of subpoena, law enforcement officials, coroners, medical examiners,
funeral directors, etc.).
Below them, there is this graph:

Protective Services for the President, National Security and Intelligence
Activities:
We may disclose medical information about you to authorized federal
officials so they may without limitation (i) provide protection to the
President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state or conduct
special investigations, or (ii) conduct lawful intelligence,
counter-intelligence, or other national security activities authorized by
law.





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Jeanne Lenzer

Freelance journalist

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Kingston, NY  12401

USA

jeanne.lenzer () earthlink net

845.943.6202 office

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