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Work comp hipaa
Well I guess obn will be getting a phone call. Waiting on transcripts requested then last week.
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Work comp hipaa
Today I contacted my lawyer for the transcripts of the day she appeared in court where she openly admitted to going through my file. Then my lawyer is writing a letter where it had a impact on my case. I'm just in shock by her. I'm from a small town. So I'm wondering if it's something personal my family did? I'm a medic and working on my nursing degree. So I'm wondering if I ran a call on her family member that may of passed we couldn't save? Idk what would cause someone to become so obsessed with someone that looked familiar to them. It is just really weird her actions and dedication to stalking me on her own time. Here's the thing if she was hired by the WC company to follow me. They have to let me know someone is following me. Never once did I get a letter about that. Nor my lawyer. So this nurse is legit crazy...
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Work comp hipaa
My WC case is settled. They forced a settlement bc another company bought the hospital and offered more than I would of received for my injuries. The person who retired was the health department of human rights who does the HIPAA cases. I filed the day she testified in court in November of 2014...March of 2015 they contacted me about the Hipaa case. So bt March 2015 and now the Hipaa case worker retired. So a lady from the Dallas headquarters told me she saw my case was still open bc the Dr is refusing to respond to them and the nurse won't respond to them and my case worker retired and their just now discovering my case is still open. This new case worker said if this Dr was only a work comp Dr then hipaa privacy doesn't apply. If he does WC and general or whatever then it does apply. He does both. He does a little bit of everything. Yes. I think this nurse was expecting a pay out for reporting a fraudulent case. Which turned on her bc I was with in my restrictions limit while at the gym. Yes. She openly admitted to going through my file only bc I looked familiar to her. Bc of her it did hinder my case bc the opposing lawyer was trying to prove I'm ok since I worked out. But we came back with I was supposed to be with certain restrictions that of which I followed. When I researched the hipaa violation the one she committed was intentionally getting my information for personal gain and causing harm to me on purpose. Which is one of the highest violations you can commit on hipaa. I'm just really irritated I've waited this long to only be told they don't know what to do bc the Dr or the nurse won't respond and it was a WC case. Their just getting to it bc my old case worker retired and no one knew till now about my case! I just need to go to OBN and ask them. Find another lawyer that deals with this. Get the court records of her admitting going through my file only bc I liked familiar and admitted to stalking me in court. It's so crazy. The things that should help and protect us are not even there doing their job.
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Work comp hipaa
I just like to sum things up. Get to the point. She was off the clock. Did it on her own. She thought I was not following Dr's orders. So that's why she stalked me. My lawyer told me to file for violation of HIPAA. I did that. Here it is over a year later and their just getting back to me. The person who had my case retired and now someone else is taking it over. This case worker for the health department is confused bc she doesn't know if it's a violation bc it's a work comp case. This Dr sees work comp pts along with non work comp pts. So she didn't know I was work comp till she went through my file. She was not the nurse providing care for me. She was just a nurse working there. So all in all. I feel like my rights are violated.
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Work comp hipaa
I was attacked by a pt. Went through work comp obviously. While at a Dr's office getting a evaluation done on me. This nurse thought I looked familiar. She went through my file. Got my address what gym i worked out at. Who my work comp provider was to contact that lawyer. This nurse then went by my house. Showed up at the gym. Documented what time I got there and left and what all I did. Then contacted the work comp lawyer. Showed up in court to testify against me. She openly admitted in court she went through my file and got my personal information. I obviously didn't violate any of my restrictions bc it was that Dr that recommend that I did daily exercise to a limit. So I followed to a T. Anyway I turned her in for violation of Hipaa. Now Hipaa is saying they don't know if it's a violation of Hipaa bc it was a work comp case. So my question is...is it ok to go through a pts file that's work comp stalk them and use that information to cause harm against the pt? It would be one thing if the nurse was a investigator. But. She was just a RN that took it upon herself to try to get me in trouble but failed. If it's not a violation of hipaa what is it a violation of?