HIPAAcritical
They outdid themselves.
On Thursday, the baby had a kidney scan. As soon as it was over, I strapped her in the stroller and headed from Radiology to Medical Records (getting lost in the bowels of the hospital approximately thirty-seven times, but I digress.)
The nice lady handed me a HIPAA release form. I filled it out, checked it, double-checked it. Then I handed her the form and asked her to triple-check it for me, to avoid any delays like the last time. She did, confirmed it was filled out completely and properly, and signed her own name to the "Witness" line.
On Saturday, an ominous-looking envelope arrived in the mail from the hospital. Inside was a letter explaining that my request for records could not be processed because NO DATES OF SERVICE REQUESTED.
They returned my original release form. I immediately found the spot on the form for "Dates of Service." And you know what? 10/11/07 is written in that spot plain as day.
Frakking morons.
posted by Me @ 7:06 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
HIPAA is truly a nightmare! I work for a DC and we have three signature pages on our HIPAA forms. THREE! It's totally ridiculous.
How sad. I have read all the archives and now there is nothing else to read :(
I enjoy your blog!
Hahaha freaking! I love galactic! You are hysterical!
Nice post! Glad that you like their service. I believe that treating the customer so politely makes them so comfortable with your services. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Keep posting.
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