Re: medical debt and HIPAA Statute

Posted by Why Chat (209.240.205.61) on June 10, 2004 at 20:03:14:

In Reply to: Re: medical debt and HIPAA Statute posted by bg on June 10, 2004 at 16:54:20:

My "HIPAA" letter has the links to the supportive material. It is NOT designed for "debt collection" just the opposite.

If a medical debt is OWED, the letter allows the debtor to pay the original health care provider DIRECTLY and force a deletion from any credit reports of the collection agency account.

If the account HAD already been paid, or was NOT OWED for some other reason, i.e. incorrect billing procedures, not a legitimately owed billed etc. the letter provides a way to obtain a deletion from the credit report of an account that is NOT OWED.

The HIPAA rules allow for COLLECTION activities ( and reporting) of an OWED debt, but no permitted publishing or communication of an account that has been PAID or was NOT owed.

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