Is this really what HIPAA means?
Post date: 2024-04-22 07:16:29
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Kid Blah, age 21, is doing a semester abroad & requires a doctor appt. when he returns home. I have just been told by the doc's office that I can't schedule the appointment because of HIPAA. Is this for real??

He asked me to make the appointment for him since he's living in a time zone that isn't super conducive to this & doesn't have a ton of phone access. The sum total of what I want to do is make the appointment, and if asked, yes, *I* can tell *them* why Kid wants to see the doc. I will require hearing zero health information from them.

At the same time, I have also made a dentist appointment for when he returns, and an optometrist appointment. Neither of those offices put up any fuss when I did this.

Possibly important: I did just try to do this today (Sunday), because the clinic is open...but I know they're only open for limited services so maybe the person who answered the phone is just an idiot
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