A message on my machine requested information from David S. so I called the number back. A woman identified herself as Sandy, calling about recent transport by the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad, She was not from Hoosic Valley, but calling from a centralized billing center for rescue squads. She asked if a claim had been filed against the store where the fall had occurred. I said no claim was filed. She said okay, they would bill Medicare. I said the transported one said he had not given any information relating to his Medicare. She said that was correct, he had not. She said any health concerned agency can access all the information relating to a person's health status. I added that we have additional insurance, and she said yes, they have it as Excellus Blue Cross.
HIPAA is such an exercise in futility.
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