Legal Question in Health Care Law in Illinois

Possible HIPPA violation
I work for the local ambulance service.
I called an ambulance for myself and
signed a refusal of services. The
paramedic who took the refusal called
my boss and gave him the particulars
about the call. My boss says it is not a
HIPPA violation because he is the
HIPPA officer and the medic can call
him and tell him this kind of thing
anytime he wants.

Asked on 7/13/06, 9:46 am

Matt Belcher Belcher Law Office

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Re: Possible HIPPA violation

You are probably right.

I cannot see any compelling reason why the paramedic should have called your boss.

Paramedics do not, to the best of my knowledge, call a patient's boss, family or friends without being asked to do so by the patient.

Answered on 7/13/06, 1:48 pm

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