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    Sep 6, 2010, 06:17 PM
    I was sick and my boss discussed my health with his wife at home. Is this HIPAA
    I was under the care of my Physician and he told me to take the week off from work. My boss discussed my medical problem with his wife and she is a Nurse, she told him that I could have covered up the infection and worked. I did not know this until he wrote me up for missing work.
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    Sep 6, 2010, 06:31 PM

    If you had a physicians note then it was totally unfair for your boss to write you up, and very bad taste for his wife to make a comment on your condition, but I don't think this is a HIPAA violation.

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    Sep 6, 2010, 06:36 PM

    Definitely not a HIPAA violation, your boss is not a health care provider. He may have used poor judgement and made a bad decision to write you up but that's not HIPAA. Are you union or do you have a contract? Did his write up just go into your HR file or did you get nicked on your pay check?

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