Re: Fraudulent acquisition of medical records

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If the chiropracter's office provides the health insurance,
and if the employee was using disability time, it is
conceivable that the information shared falls within the
guidelines of HIPAA.

If the office manager misrepresented what the info would be
used for, that could constitute a breach of HIPAA but would
be fairly difficult to substantiate unless the hospital has
documentation of the exact nature of the request.

On 8/22/07, Peter wrote:
> The office manager in a chiropractor's office called and
got
> the test results of an employee from a hospital, claiming
it
> was for treatment purposes. However, the purpose was
solely
> to find out the employee's health status as to whether the
> employee could return to work. Does this constitute a
> viable cause of action? How best to proceed?