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An outside company reviewing your medical records?

HIPPA laws ignored?

 

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Having this 3rd party being such an integral part of our sick policy is extremely disturbing. True that many of us may not have to deal with them on a yearly basis, but I pray for those that do. Check out their website, we will now have to answer to Bob in India over the pounding in my head from my sinus infection. Unfortunately the management knows that ultimately if we fly "sick," and God forbids something happens, they'll just say "pilot shoulda called in sick." But what they won't tell the media or FAA is that we've put into place a sick call system that has made it very difficult and intrusive for a pilot to call in sick after his/her 15 days, and so they decided to fly sick and risk the lives of their passengers, crew, and livelihood. Shame on management and the union for shoving this down our throats. If they wanted to do something like this, we should have had a comprehensive and mutual study done to figure out how we can best combat sick abuse, and by hiring a 3rd party right without doing our research is a huge overreach. What are the chances the union has done their homework on Sedgwick, their operation, and how they will affect our pilots? My guesses are zero, none, zilch, nada....this is a MASSIVE give back, do your homework people! I for one don't want to have to give up ANY medical information unless it's between me, my primary doc, and my AME.

 

Here's my question on this: Can you be FORCED to waive your privacy rights under HIPPA? I wouldn't think so, but this is definitely a concern that I have on this agreement.

 

Delta has made it very clear they hate our current policy, which was negotiated by them, and now this is the alternative? My biggest and most pressing question is how much research and time has been put forth by the union investigating not only this company, Sedgwick, but ANY 3rd party intrusion into our sick policy? Again my guess is none, and this is disturbing for many reasons.

 

The verification form is the same basic form that is in place today. The verification will be Dr. to Dr. (Dr. Faulkner and Delta Health Services from what I understand). It takes verification out of the Chief Pilot's office (or Bob from India) which I believe is a good thing!!

 

Disregard...

 

I don't think you can be FORCED to do anything BUT I bet you could/will either lose pay or get fired for not releasing the information.

Denny

 

Hix can you provide the "new" verification form for us to see?

 

If it is Dr Faulkner, then I have zero problem with this deal. (The problem becomes of course, what happens when he retires or leaves). He's a good man, and works hard to get DAL pilots back to work. I have first hand knowledge of this when he got my medical back in a matter of a couple of weeks that would have taken the idiots in Ok City months to do.

 

Guy's talk to FA's you know who have "legitimate" FMLA issue's. They deal with sedgwick and the doctors hate them. I know one doctor who called them totally incompetent.

This sick leave deal is a non-starter for me and I've hardly used any.