HIPAA? Grant & Weber

[Razohouse]

Grant & Weber has 3 medical CA for me/my child.  These are not correct because the hospital was provided with valid insurance cards, but "lost" their copies and never billed insurance.  Bills are from 2010.

I'm wondering if the there is a HIPAA violation.  The collector told me that based on his review of the account, it looks like the hospital gave me a 30% self-pay discount.  I never signed anything saying this info could be released and I'm really uncomfortable with a collector knowing how much my medical treatment costs, and especially uncomfortable if they can see that there is a discount applied.  I am NOT happy with that.  I wish this hospital would've just billed the insurance like they were supposed to! I had no idea they didn't do it until last month and now it is too late for a claim to be submitted to insurance.

[guiness56]

As far as I know it is not a HIPAA violation.  Collection agencies are covered entities under HIPAA and are provided with what ever is necessary to collect.

They can give it to you and that is ok.  What they cannot do is provide it to someone else that is not a covered entity.

[DiabolicallyRandom]

One of the collections my spouse had was through them. I called to see what could be done, without acknowledging the debt, not that I really could, and they proceeded to tell me that collection was from an emergency room visit on such and such date and the balance was the co-pay  for $100 for an exray on my spouses sprained right knee.  I dont know much about HIPAA but I can tell you that they delete very easily if you pay in full.