Originally Posted by
Valar Morghulis
There’s a lot of misunderstanding what HIPPA is and isn’t. Medical shops are run by lawyers and business people, not doctors, who will seize upon any opportunity to reduce expense and risk, so it’s in their interest to have it mis-characterized the way it is.
yeah i have no doubt there are doctors who refuse, but it’s not because of valid hipaa (or hippa) concerns, it’s because they don’t understand what the law is