What are my Rights under HIPAA?
When we go to a new doctor, and even periodically at our established doctors' offices, we have to sign forms informing us of the office's privacy practices under HIPAA. If you are like most of us, it's one more boring piece of paper to look at and sign before you can get to what you really came for: seeing the doctor. Maybe you read all of it, but I wouldn't bet that many of us do! Maybe you go so far as to think, "Oh good, they are doing something to...
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