HIPAA allows medical care providers to share your information with each other for the purposes of providing care (whether that sharing happens through MyChart or some other means).
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HIPAA allows medical care providers to share your information with each other for the purposes of providing care (whether that sharing happens through MyChart or some other means). It does not require your consent (and this could be a good thing if, for example, you were taken to a hospital while unconscious). You simply may not have a lot of options for preventing this. As NOT_RICK mentioned, you could opt out of Care Everywhere at the psychiatric hospital to prevent them from sharing your information that way. You could also try to amend their record or request that they restrict access to your records, as per https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html#general. All of those options would require interacting with the original psychiatric hospital, so if you're unwilling to do that, I'm not aware that there are other options available.
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HIPAA allows medical care providers to share your information with each other for the purposes of providing care (whether that sharing happens through MyChart or some other means). It does not require your consent (and this could be a good thing if, for example, you were taken to a hospital while unconscious). You simply may not have a lot of options for preventing this. As NOT_RICK mentioned, you could opt out of Care Everywhere at the psychiatric hospital to prevent them from sharing your information that way. You could also try to amend their record or request that they restrict access to your records, as per https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html#general. All of those options would require interacting with the original psychiatric hospital, so if you're unwilling to do that, I'm not aware that there are other options available.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]This sounds correct. Thank you.
This explains why MyCare is doing this. Because technically there's a HIPPA exception to allow them to do this, so it's not a violation of HIPPA. I should have realized this, but didn't.
I am not sure asking the evil hospital to restrict access to their records will work because it's showing in MyChart as a former address but I'm not sure other places have the information. The problem is the address is associated with that psychiatric facility and may show in my chart as "Mental Health Behavior Modification Hospital," it has a name that makes it clear what it is, and so doctors may refuse to treat me without a release of those records, leading to lots of hours billed talking about mental health instead of seeing if I have cancer. I also will refuse any mental health screenings/questionnaires, etc., and so it may result in them refusing to care for me.
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This sounds correct. Thank you.
This explains why MyCare is doing this. Because technically there's a HIPPA exception to allow them to do this, so it's not a violation of HIPPA. I should have realized this, but didn't.
I am not sure asking the evil hospital to restrict access to their records will work because it's showing in MyChart as a former address but I'm not sure other places have the information. The problem is the address is associated with that psychiatric facility and may show in my chart as "Mental Health Behavior Modification Hospital," it has a name that makes it clear what it is, and so doctors may refuse to treat me without a release of those records, leading to lots of hours billed talking about mental health instead of seeing if I have cancer. I also will refuse any mental health screenings/questionnaires, etc., and so it may result in them refusing to care for me.
Before spending all that money talking to another doctor, talk with a lawyer who knows healthcare related law. If your full time job has an employee assistance program, it may cover a consultation with a lawyer. A lawyer will be able to tell you what rights you have at a federal, state, and local level, and should know if there is a process to compel the hospital to restrict your records.
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This sounds correct. Thank you.
This explains why MyCare is doing this. Because technically there's a HIPPA exception to allow them to do this, so it's not a violation of HIPPA. I should have realized this, but didn't.
I am not sure asking the evil hospital to restrict access to their records will work because it's showing in MyChart as a former address but I'm not sure other places have the information. The problem is the address is associated with that psychiatric facility and may show in my chart as "Mental Health Behavior Modification Hospital," it has a name that makes it clear what it is, and so doctors may refuse to treat me without a release of those records, leading to lots of hours billed talking about mental health instead of seeing if I have cancer. I also will refuse any mental health screenings/questionnaires, etc., and so it may result in them refusing to care for me.
Hey, I'm a provider at a hospital who uses MyChart everyday and would like to offer perspective from the other side.
because it's showing in MyChart as a former address but I'm not sure other places have the information. The problem is the address is associated with that psychiatric facility and may show in my chart as "Mental Health Behavior Modification Hospital,"
In Mychart I'm sure it stores previous addresses somewhere, but I have no idea where I would even find this information, and can basically guarantee no one else is going to be looking for it.
so doctors may refuse to treat me without a release of those records, leading to lots of hours billed talking about mental health instead of seeing if I have cancer.
Part of HIPPA is that we can only access information that is pertinent to your current treatment as a provider. A specialist like someone who works at a cancer clinic would have no reason to access or question you about a previous treatment in a mental health facility unless you have something like a brain tumor.
Also in MyCharts certain notes containing sensitive information like metal health treatment or sexual assault are usually automatically locked out unless additional consent is given by patients, or unless it is directly associated with the current providers treatment plan.
leading to lots of hours billed talking about mental health instead of seeing if I have cancer.
Healthcare visits are not reimbursed by time, but by visit type. It doesn't matter if I spend 10 min or an hour with a patient. If the visit type is for a specific treatment they are reimbursed at the same rate. The affordable care act highly regulated how facilities are reimbursed for care, wether they are insured or lack coverage. And for the most part providers at hospitals have little to no control on how the hospital charges patients.
I also will refuse any mental health screenings/questionnaires, etc., and so it may result in them refusing to care for me.
I haven't really heard of anyone refusing care because someone didn't fill out a mental health screening. I specialize in orthopedics and rehabilitation, so that's not exactly pertinent to my field. But we have people who refuse to fill out paperwork all the time, and i don't really care unless it's pertinent to my current treatment plan.
For me to refuse my services the hospital requires me to have a really good reason why, like attempting to assault me or the staff.
If someone asks you about your previous treatment at the facility and it has nothing to do with your current appointment, I would just ask them how it pertains to your current visit. If they try and make a big deal about it, I would just ask for their manager, and ask them why the provider asked about sensitive information that doesn't have anything to do with your current treatment.