My former manager (and former friend) went to my pharmacy and requested my complete medical list without my consent. She told the pharmacist that I was a patient of the doctors office we worked at and then she used this information to write me a registered letter to basically tell me that I had received 2 prescriptions from my dr/employer and he did not know about it.. and for me not to contact the office. She lied to the pharmacy and they released my information and she is telling everyone at the office that I got two prescriptions on my own, which was not the case... What can I do...

The Pharmacist violated your HIPAA (not HIPPA) rights if the Pharmacist gave your records to anybody without your consent.

Are you being accused of falsifying prescriptions, forging the signature of a Physician where you used to work?

If she is slandering you, ruining your reputation, causing you money damages, that's one issue.

The HIPAA violation could result in the Pharmacy being warned/fined. That's another issue.

Yes if this person did not provide the doctor a release, UNLESS, if this person works at a doctors office and they were asking for only a record of the prescriptions they wrote, then that would be only verification, they could provide the writing doctors office with copies of matierial sent from their own office.

If of course it is proven you forged prescriptions, I doubt anyone would care about the violation.

Some of the what OP is writing her is confusing, so just that we can understand accurately what is being asked, let me verify:

"My former manager" - someone who was the manager of the place where OP works?

"complete medical list" - list of prescriptions filled for the OP by the pharmacist?

So this former boss wrote you a letter stating that you had presented prescriptions to the pharmacist which the doctor, who supposedly wrote them, didn't in fact do so? And you were instructed not to contact who?

My manager gave me 2 prescriptions, and told me that the dr I was working for, at that time, wrote them for me so that I could stay at work, and not leave for the afternoon. She wanted to leave, and said she needed me to stay at the office. She was having an affair and wanted to leave for the rest of the day to be with her lover...

My manager made me think that she spoke with my employer (dr) and discussed with him that I was leaving to go to the doctor to refill my meds and I believed her. I was taking an anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxer and pain medication for sciatic nerve injury in my back.. I had to be out a few days... That's when I got the letter.

I also went to the pharmacy after I got the letter and the pharmacist told me that she did not have any consent, she said that she was from the office and needed to pick up my medication list because the dr had some questions as to my medications... She got my ENTIRE RECORD!

Let me see if I can interpret this. What you seem to be saying is that you work in a doctor's office. The office manager gave you two prescriptions (were these actual pills or written scripts?) in order to have you stay in the office while she left. Your employer is not YOUR doctor. In addition the manager has written a letter to you stating that you received the prescriptions without your employer's knowledge.

A separate issue is that your office manager went to the pharmacy and got your complete record even though the pharmacists acknowledged that she did not have consent.

Is that the story?

If so, what do you want to do about this. The pharmacy appears to have violated HIPAA and, if reported could be fined, and the person who actually turned over the info could be fired.

If the manager is falsely accusing you of forging prescriptions or stealing drugs, you have to deal with that.

Huge violation on part of pharmacists and potential felony on part of your ex friend.
Call the FDA on this issue.

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Originally Posted by Mr.Wolfe

Huge violation on part of pharmacists and potential felony on part of your ex friend.
Call the FDA on this issue.

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This is a legal thread - how did you reach the conclusion that this is an FDA concern?