Jan
11
Hippa
Filed Under HIPAA (General) | 4 Comments
My boyfriend was having trouble with his insurance and so I thought I would get to the bottom of it. When I called his insurance company, they instructed me to call his old insurance company to get a certificate of prior coverage. When I called I talked to a man and I told him what was going on. I asked him to send out a certificate of prior coverage and he said he could do it, but really according to HIPPA he could not since he was not talking to my boyfriend himself.
Since my boyfriend was right there he could talk to the guy. SO it worked out ok. I am glad that they do have rules like that because who is to say that anyone could call up requesting info to be sent out. True I did have all of his info, such as date of birth, address and social security number, but anyone could get those if they tried hard enough. SO it was reassuring to know that HIPPA is doing its job. Thank you HIPPA.