@Anonymous wrote:
So I started the HIPAA process and sent letters to CAs requesting validation of my medical debt. I got one back from ProCo with a copy of my detailed medical bill from an ER visit, along with copies of my signature from the hospital. I must be doing something wrong, I thought they were not allowed to see my medical records as a CA. Am I doing something wrong?
Im still new at this also so i might be a little off on this but it is to my understanding..
HIPAA is out the window because you have communicated with the CA. Once you give them permission to seek validation, you forfeit the privacy rights under HIPAA.
To use HIPAA, you have to send the care provider a letter telling them that they are not authorized to share your private medical information with 3rd parties and that you will deal with them directly on the account. Usually, you have to pay the bill to the care provider in order to force them to retract your medical information from the CA. I fyou are disputing the alleged debt to the care-provider, HIPAA would prohibit them from sending info to a CA because until the dispute is resolved, they have no permissable purpose to communicate with a CA.
{ Like i said im still pretty new & that is my understanding but you might want to wait for a vet to chime in and confirm this }
~ Shawn
