Is this a violation of HIPPA?

[Laecie]

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday at 3, she wanted me to get some labs done but it was 3:40 and I had committed to driving a friend to a dentist appointment at 4 so said that I had a dental appointment at 4 and could I come back in the AM to which she said yes. I came back in the AM did the labs and was about to leave when her nurses stopped me and said Dr wanted to know who my dentist was and without thinking I gave her the name of my dentist...10 minutes after leaving Dr calls me and says that she called said dental office and they said I didn't have an appointment yesterday and she didn't appreciate me lying to her....did the dental office break HIPPA? Is that weird the doctor called like that?

[JKL33]

RNbknyc said:

Super strange and actually, "stalkerish".   

Doesn't really seem stalkerish. It seems like we don't have the whole story and the provider didn't believe the patient and had a reason to want to know whether they were being lied to or not.