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Mar 7, 2012, 02:39 PM


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Originally Posted by cendy View Post
Is it a hippa violation if a hospital employee asked a patient/employee what their correct insurance was, and may have mentioned the word procedure in public where other hospital employee's were having lunch?
It depends on what capacity that hospital employee works in the hospital. Mentioning the word "procedure" in public is not a HIPAA violation.

The term is HIPAA not hippa.
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