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Wants HIPAA expanded to undermine state laws ...The Biden administration is preparing an expansion to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)... ...the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing the final draft of the new rule, called the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, under the Office of Civil Rights... ...At least 18 attorneys general have already begun demanding that the Biden administration refrain from implementing the new rule. “The administration has sought to wrest control over abortion back from the people in defiance of the Constitution and Dobbs,”

I’m going to share briefly about the big news this week coming out of the World Health Organization.This is something I’ve been warning was coming for nearly three years and so it’s almost anti-climactic for readers of this site, where we weren’t afraid to shout it from the housetops early and often about the resemblance of the WHO’s “digital health certificate” to the biblical mark of the beast.The U.N. World Health Organization’s director general, the Marxist/communist Dr. Tedros, announced Monday, June 5, that the “WHO is proud to launch the global digital health certification network.”Some, myself included, are calling it...

Unvaccinated New York City teachers were reportedly “flagged” and their fingerprints sent to the FBI, according to an affidavit filed in federal court last week. In the New Yorkers for Religious Liberty Inc. v. The City of New York appeals hearing, challenging the now-rescinded vaccine mandate for city employees, plaintiff’s attorney John Burch said that “flagged” teachers were labeled with “problem codes” that impact their ability to get another job. The allegations were based on a June 2022 affidavit written by Betsy Combier, president of the due process advocacy group Advocatz, detailing how the New York City Department of Education...

The doctor who spread a story about a 10-year-old girl who allegedly travelled from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion is being disciplined for a HIPAA violation for taking the story to the press, Fox News reported. The story originated from Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who claimed the girl couldn’t legally obtain an abortion in her home state of Ohio. The story came under scrutiny given its single-source nature and Bernard’s history of pro-abortion activism, but an unnamed source has purportedly corroborated the story and revealed new details about the repercussions the doctor is now facing, according to...

Yes, we all know Biden declared a "Mandate" - just as he dictated 42 Executive Orders his first two weeks in offices. With all of his mainstream press corpse creating the "fear", has any actually published the OSHA Code and Paragraph that allows an employer to mandate off-jobsite health practices that Biden is using? Has OSHA actually written their "Law" yet? Or is it merely another overreach - like the CDC "rule" that prohibited renters from being released for not paying their rent?

The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights issued guidance today explaining that COVID-19 vaccine status would not be covered under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules. Within its new guidance, HHS reminded that HIPAA does not apply to employer or employment records on the grounds that the rules only apply to HIPAA-covered entities like health care providers conducting electronic transactions.

Now You Are Banned From driving, flying, traveling, public services, hospitals/ clinics/ emergency room, working/jobs, credit card, bank account, sending receiving money online, grocery stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, all stores… IF YOU CANNOT PROVE YOU GOT THE SHOTS! In 2020, the proposition that COVID-19 countermeasures would come to include forced vaccination and vaccine passports, resulting in a segregated society where only those participating in the COVID injection experiment have human rights, was labeled a wild conspiracy theory unworthy of discussion. Fast-forward to Aug. 2, 2021, and Forbes announces, “No Vax, No Service: Here’s Where Bars and Restaurants Across U.S. Are...

As more people get their COVID-19 shots, many are finding themselves in a position of having to ask others about their vaccination status. Some are wondering if this violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. Ellen Cihak has not been asked if she is vaccinated against the coronavirus. She also hasn't been asked to show proof in Appleton stores. "I would like to see that happen. I don't know if it's legal to do that," said Cihak. Like many others, Cihak doesn't know if the question violates HIPAA. John Fisher is a health care attorney who specializes...

Attorney Rogge Dunn, longtime labor attorney with the Rogge Dunn Group of Dallas, said it is perfectly legal for an employer to require employees to get a vaccine. “There are two exceptions," he said. "One is a sincerely held religious belief and two is if someone has a disability such that they would have an adverse reaction to a vaccine." Dunn said employers can fire someone for not getting the COVID shot if those exceptions aren’t met. He points to the case of more than 100 workers at Houston Methodist who sued over the hospital’s COVID vaccine mandate. “They lost,”...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to relax safety measures for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and the country begins to reopen, many employers, businesses, families and friend groups are finding themselves in the at-times uncomfortable position of having to ask about others’ vaccination statuses. Some Americans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), are balking at such questions and are claiming that asking about or requiring proof of vaccination is a violation of the HIPAA federal privacy law. “Vax records, along with ALL medical records are private due to HIPPA rights,” Greene recently tweeted,...

Know your rights, HIPAA laws What Rights Does the Privacy Rule Give Me over My Health Information?Most of us believe that our medical and other health information is private and should be protected, and we want to know who has this information. The Privacy Rule, a Federal law, gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information. The Privacy Rule applies to all forms of individuals' protected health information, whether electronic, written, or oral. The Security Rule is a Federal law that requires security for health information...

In a post on his platform, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg officially noted his company’s immediate plans to visually segregate the vaccinated from the non-vaccinated on his platform. He hopes, according to the message if you read between the lines, that those who get vaccinated will visually shame those who do not and vice versa.

HIPAA protects a patient's personal health information, leaving many concerned that a vaccine passport would violate those protections. HIPAA is used to protect sensitive medical information but only applies to how physicians, hospitals and health insurers share a patient's information with third-party entities, according to a report by The Washington Post. A vaccine card would qualify as protected health information, but an airline is not a healthcare provider. HIPAA also doesn't protect medical information that a patient shares about themselves. An airline still has to follow state privacy and identity theft policies. "Once they get the data, they have to...

The nation’s very first “vaccine passport” is coming to the Big Apple. The program, dubbed the “Excelsior Pass,” is an app that will allow New Yorkers to prove their vaccination status, or recent history of a negative COVID-19 test, in order to gain entry to events and businesses, Governor Cuomo announced in a news release Friday. “Similar to a mobile airline boarding pass, individuals will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app,” the news release explains. “Each Pass will have a secure QR code, which participating businesses...

I have a question for the experts and well-read on the subject of medical privacy. Will providers and insurers be prohibited under HIPAA from disclosing whether or not you have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus? I’m asking because the writing on the wall seems to indicate that one’s “vaccination status” will likely be the next level of Fascism coming after masks. Already, airlines are being queued up to scrutinize the “haves” and “have-nots” for fitness for boarding. I realize that one of the main reasons for HIPAA’s enactment was to provide cover and its resultant increase in power to a...

As the United States prepares to open back up after the unnecessarily long COVID lockdowns, the mainstream media is shaping the narrative that “vaccination passports” will not only be required for travel, but that they will arrive as a necessity by this summer.CBS News travel editor, Peter Greenberg, almost appeared gleeful when he predicted two things: that travel – both domestic and international – would most likely return this summer, and that there would be a prerequisite to being able to travel.Greenberg stated bluntly that in order to travel you will most likely need proof that you’ve been vaccinated for...

TAMPA (WFLA) – Moffitt Cancer Center is notifying patients that a briefcase containing personal patient information was stolen from a physician’s car in July. According to the cancer center on July 4, Moffitt learned about the potential breach that affected over 4,000 patents. The briefcase contained two personal storage devices, which were not encrypted, and printouts of clinical schedules, according to a patient notice posted Sept. 2 on Moffitt’s website. The information included patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers and some information about what kind of medical treatment those patients received at Moffitt. Moffitt says patients social security numbers...

Both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have been requiring passengers to wear face coverings for several weeks now. However, enforcement has been getting progressively better. Up until now, both airlines have had a fairly open-ended policy — masks don’t need to be worn by people “with conditions that prevent them from wearing a face mask.” That has been left open to interpretation, but both airlines are now adopting a much stricter policy. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will both only exempt those under two years old from wearing masks, as of July 29 and July 27, respectively. (Please see link,...

This is a bit of a rant, vent, as well as a warning, it could happen to you. I really never expected this would happen. Read on. A Wisconsin company, Milliman IntelliScript, has my prescription history and is selling that information. I found out when Lincoln Financial denied me short term disability insurance. I called Intelliscript and demanded that they stop selling my medical info and delete MY information. They said no. I'm a Vet my prescriptions are filled through pharmacies on military bases. There is no way they should have that information. The DoD doesn't release medical histories of...

Public health officials in Colorado are sharing health information, including names and addresses, of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 with first responders. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment told KRDO when conducting work as a public health authority, state and local public health agencies are not bound to HIPPA laws. In that scenario, agencies can provide patient health information about those who test positive for COVID-19. In Colorado, health officials say they can share that information with law enforcement, paramedics, and other first responders. Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing...