Re: medical debt and HIPAA Statute

Posted by Why Chat (209.240.205.61) on June 10, 2004 at 20:44:48:

In Reply to: Re: medical debt and HIPAA Statute posted by bg on June 10, 2004 at 20:30:33:

No, the "HIPAA" letter is based on a "catch 22" which is explained in the supporting material.

An OC health care provider is not permitted to "communicate" to a CA any data once there is no longer any permissible "business purpose" ( a PAID account ) However, the FCRA REQUIRES the OC to provid verification of an account to the CA/CRA.

SO, if an account is PAID, and then disputed to the CRA, the ONLY legal thing left to do is to delete.

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