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To better understand and explain what is happening in exam rooms across the country, we would like as many stories as possible about what happens when patients refuse to sign the HIPAA form or choose to cross out the NPP acknowledgement statement — as they are lawfully allowed to do. We particularly want to hear from you if you were denied care, chastised or shamed, forced to miss your appointment or were hurt in any other way. Or perhaps you’re a doctor or nurse or other clinician and your hospital or ACO system is requiring you to deny care to those who exercise their right to refuse. Click here to SHARE YOUR STORY. Right to Refuse
By law, you have the right to refuse to sign the HIPAA Form and/or the HIPAA acknowledgement statement signifying receipt or understanding of the Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). Clinics and other health care facilities are simply required to "make a good faith effort" to get you to sign it. FACT: The federal government has publicly stated that you have a right to refuse, and no law requires your signature. This includes your right to even refuse to write the word “refused” on the form. HHS requires the health care facility to write refused, sign and date it. Not you. Click here to read HHS Instructions on signing or refusing to sign the NPP. Refusing to sign does not provide you with any privacy protection. According to a 2010 HHS rule, 1.5 million "business associates" and many others could be given access to your identifiable data without your consent if those who hold your data (hospitals, clinics, labs, health plans, etc.) choose to share it. HHS: "Refusing to sign the acknowledgement does not prevent a provider or plan from using or disclosing your health information as HIPAA permits." However, if you do NOT sign, and if your data is then broadly shared without your consent, and if you complain about that disclosure, the clinic staff or its attorneys:
What Health Care Facilities Are Required To Do: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a web page that says exactly what the clinic, hospital, or other facility are required to do when you lawfully refuse to sign the HIPAA form or the HIPAA acknowledgement statement. This web page includes "the right to complain to HHS and the organization if you believe your privacy rights have been violated." Click here to file a HIPAA complaint with HHS. CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR STORY
CCHF Urges Americans to Tell Feds That HIPAA Hurts Patients
ST. PAUL, Minn.—One of the resolute aims of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has been to educate Americans that the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act “Privacy Rule” really isn’t about privacy at all. Will Trump Administration Restore Consent to HIPAA?
HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH Volume 21: Issue 3: 3rd Quarter 2018 22 HIPAA Harms
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is planning a social media event today—the 22nd anniversary of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)—and alerting Americans how HIPAA, in fact, doesn’t protect patient privacy at all. HIPAA was signed into law 22 years ago on Aug. 21, 1996, and CCHF will educate the public about “22 HIPAA Harms” throughout the day on Facebook and Twitter. Twenty-Two HIPAA Harms
Today is the 22nd anniversary of HIPAA, the law that eliminated patient privacy rights. On August 21, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” (HIPAA). In 2003, the “HIPAA privacy rule” (permissive data-disclosure rule) went into effect. To show how little privacy you have, we’ve got a list of 22 ways HIPAA harms you. Minnesota Bill Would End Coercive Consent Forms and Further Protect Patient Privacy
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota lawmakers yesterday advanced a bill that would ensure greater patient privacy protection by requiring patients to initial each item to which they are consenting on their health records at the doctor’s office, hospital or clinic—thus allowing patients to pick and choose exactly what information they would like to be shared between medical professionals and for what purposes, says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org), which testified yesterday in support of the bill. CCHF Testimony - HF 1560 Patient Consent Requirements
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Notice to Patients: Doctors and Hospitals Must Treat You Even If You Refuse to Sign the HIPAA ‘Privacy’ Form
ST. PAUL, Minn.—It’s certainly not a much-publicized fact, but patients are not required to sign the HIPAA “Privacy” Notice at their doctor’s office, hospital or clinic. And, medical professionals cannot refuse to treat patients who choose not to sign the form. Don’t Sign the HIPAA ‘Privacy’ Notice at the Doctor’s Office This Year
ST. PAUL, Minn.—It might be the health care surprise of the century for some patients—and even some health care workers. The HIPAA “Privacy” Rule doesn’t ensure patients’ privacy at all. Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Celebrates Victories for Patient Rights in 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn.—This past year was perhaps one of the most crucial in history regarding patient rights and privacy, as important issues such as government health care, the storage of and research on baby DNA and federal biosurveillance plans all made headlines. Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Tells ‘HIPAA Hurt Me’ Stories to Unveil the Dangers of Coercive ‘Privacy’ Form
If there’s one myth about patient privacy that Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org) wants to dispel, it’s that HIPAA protects patients. Donate Today!
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HIPAA DOES NOT PROTECT PRIVACY... AND YOU ARE By federal law, you are not required to sign the clinic or hospital HIPAA "Privacy" form (or the Acknowledgement of the Notice of Privacy Practices embedded in consent forms)...even if the clinic tries to insist that you must.
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