Medical Records Are Protected by HIPAA
July 9th, 2012 @ 12:32 pm

I just received a call from Alice Wilcox Hassen (386) 451-0643, the Supervisor of GI Lab at Halifax Hospital. She told me that she had received a message from Dr. Nasr indicating that I wanted to receive copies of my mom’s medical records, but that due to HIPAA regulations she was unable to provide me […]

A Call from Marie
July 8th, 2012 @ 1:43 pm

I got a call from Marie shortly after speaking with Ida Alvis. I assume it was Marie Garcia, the Admissions / Marketing Director at Woodland Terrace. (I’m not going to list the phone number here because, since I could swear I heard children playing in the background, I am almost certain she was calling me […]

Prescription Confusion
July 8th, 2012 @ 1:10 pm

I called Woodland Terrace in an attempt to speak with my mom. After a bit of explaining, I was eventually connected to Nurse Paula, who was assigned to my mom for the day. Nurse Paula said that my mom was in her bed and had been “quite a handful” all day. I asked her if […]

RE: My Mom
February 27th, 2012 @ 8:28 am

In the middle of February 2012, I emailed a friend of mine from college with part of the story of what was happening with mom. He replied to me offering to help:   From: [redacted] To: Gagne, David Subject: RE: My Mom Sent: February 27, 2012 11:28 AM ET Dave – do you mind if […]

HIPAA Regulations
January 11th, 2012 @ 11:17 am

After a very frustrating phone call with Rodney Curtis at Stewart-Marchman, I sent the following email 1 to him and to Sophia Mas: Dear Rodney and Sophia, Please understand that I work in the technology industry, and for many years I worked specifically in the field of medical technology, including health insurance subrogation and claims […]

Research
January 11th, 2012 @ 11:00 am

I spent about five minutes online researching HIPAA regulations to confirm that there’s nothing wrong with communicating with anyone at Stewart-Marchman ACT via email about mom. Then I sent a very detailed email to Rodney and Sophia explaining how HIPAA works.