Patient Privacy
In 2022, CCHF visited the Minnesota State Fair to interview fairgoers about HIPAA. Our goal was to see what people thought HIPAA stood for and what it accomplished. After hours of interviews, we learned that people have been deceived to believe that HIPAA protects their medical privacy.
Each person we spoke with was shocked to learn that the purpose of HIPAA is not to protect their private medical information – that it actually serves as a permissible data sharing rule.
Medical Privacy
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April 14, 2003
The federal medical privacy rule is commonly known as the "HIPAA privacy rule." However, it actually holds the title, "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information."
Model Legislation
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January 12, 2023
This is a one-page summary of five pieces of state-based legislation published within our Model State Legislation Library that you could use to create a bill of patients rights under a declared emergency, in the exam room and at the hospital.
Action Alerts
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December 01, 2022
ALERT: As Congress considers year-end funding, the risk of creating a UNIQUE PATIENT IDENTIFIER (UPI) resurfaces. A UPI is a single federal number that would be used to track patients and digitally link all the confidential details of a person’s entire health history and medical record together. URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Please contact the members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and your U.S. Senators and ask them to uphold the long-standing BAN on the establishment of and funding for the UPI. CLICK HERE to send a quick message.
Press Releases
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October 04, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court refused to take up the 10-state appeal against the Biden administration’s vaccination rule for health care workers in health care facilities that receive federal funds.
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Press Releases
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September 26, 2022
Award-Winning Book from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Gives Action Steps for Restoring Health Freedom
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has released a new and updated edition of their groundbreaking book, Big Brother in the Exam Room, this time with the often-requested index and revised section on the National Patient ID.
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Press Releases
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April 10, 2023
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom says the Minnesota Senate Judiciary has failed to review the impact of the pending Senate omnibus health care bill on the privacy and civil rights of Minnesotans.
In a letter to Minnesota Senator Ron Latz (D-St. Louis Park), Chair of the Senate Judiciary and Policy Safety Committee, which was hand-delivered to his office on Monday, April 3, CCHF laid out provisions in Senate File 2995 related to the collection and storage of individual’s data without the individual’s consent.
Federal Reform
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April 01, 2023
April is HIPAA Awareness Month Do you know the truth about HIPAA? Click the link to view the 20 HIPAA Harms.
Issues
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January 12, 2023
Did you know that HIPAA does not protect your privacy? Did you also know that you are NOT required to sign or initial any healthcare facilities Notice of Privacy Practices, either on paper or any electronic device? Keep these resources with you on your next visit to a clinic or hospital. For more information, please go to BigBrotherintheExamRoom.com.
CCHF has asked Congress to request The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) publicize their report on creating a Unique Patient Identifier. ONC recently submitted to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee a report on their recommendation regarding funding a Unique Patient Identifier. However, they have not made this report public. CCHF has written to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Labor-HHS subcommittee, and the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, requesting that the report be made public.
What Do You Know About HIPAA?
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