In article ,
"Robert Green" wrote:


her to call you." She's fuming mad and so am I. You'd think that even a
phone number would be privileged information under the Federal medical
privacy laws.

Unlike docs not all dentists are automatically covered under HIPAA.
Mostly has to do with whether they submit claims via computers and even
that isn't total.
A phone # would be covered *IF* the jawbreaker is covered.



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People thought cybersex was a safe alternative,
until patients started presenting with sexually
acquired carpal tunnel syndrome.-Howard Berkowitz