Yes, HIPAA regulates what medical providers can tell others without your permission.
Or what your employer can tell others. If you are asking for time off for doctors visit, they have a right to request information about what you need the time off for.
If this was paid research not needed medical treatment, this would be the same as taking time off for another job in their opinion ( unless you went to them first , which you should have, and got their permission)
When you work for someone, you are expected to be at work from the start of the day to the end of the work day. If you are not, they are intitiled to know why you have missed work.
Then when you had the chance to explain this, you felt you needed to lie.
I would have fired you also, not only is this not a HIPAA violation but you will also not receive unemployment if your employer objects since you were fired for cause.
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