Originally Posted by
TED74
A few Google searches about HIPAA and employer verification mechanisms demonstrate the law allows for them, and your doctor should know how to handle them. There are enough valid contractual problems to debate and improve, this HIPAA paranoia seems like wasted effort to me...let DALPA concentrate efforts elsewhere.
Disagree. Out of curiosity, which valid contractual problems needing debate and improvement require addressing with precedence over this?
Furthermore, we have an arbitrary dispensation of decisions on individual sick occurrence verifications on a regular basis coming out of the fourth floor. There has even been questioning from that entity on the timing and need of various medical procedures and when they are scheduled by the patient/pilot.
Big IF: If it is a true fact that third party verification is being negotiated to handle the administering and verification of sick time, that is a giant Pandora's box that just was opened in regards to medical records, the sharing of such records, and HIPAA.
Anyone with knowledge, please contribute how sick leave verification is used at other airlines.