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In HIPAA what circumstances can personal health information be used
for purposes unrelated to health care?
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By admin · Monday, February 15th, 2010

I am trying to do a research project on the privacy laws and this
question has me stuck I am not sure what it means.

It can be used for legal reasons, such as determining insanity or
state of sanity. It can be used in FBI or Police profiling such as the
V Tech shooter. It can be used for Insurance purposes. Insurance
companies woudl love to find out health information for life insurance
coverage and other forms of coverage. Their is a whole host of uses
for the medical information protected by HIPAA other than in the use
of your medical care. This is why it has been shrowded behind HIPAA
regulations. Note: the uses above are not allowed without your express
permission under HIPAA without a court order. Even in the case of a
court order, in most cases the judge will "ask" you to sign HIPAA
release forms.

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Comments

By Michelle P on February 15th, 2010 at 11:55 pm

There is no circumstance in which PHI can be used for purposes
unrelated to health care.
References :

By Catwoman on February 16th, 2010 at 12:42 am

Michelle above is mistaken.Such information can and gets released for
billing/payment purposes. That is what it means. They need to put in
an IC9 code(diagnosis) to get paid/reimbursed by the insurances.
References :
Formerly employed by a managed care network

By daddyspanksalot on February 16th, 2010 at 1:00 am

It can be used for legal reasons, such as determining insanity or
state of sanity. It can be used in FBI or Police profiling such as the
V Tech shooter. It can be used for Insurance purposes. Insurance
companies woudl love to find out health information for life insurance
coverage and other forms of coverage. Their is a whole host of uses
for the medical information protected by HIPAA other than in the use
of your medical care. This is why it has been shrowded behind HIPAA
regulations. Note: the uses above are not allowed without your express
permission under HIPAA without a court order. Even in the case of a
court order, in most cases the judge will "ask" you to sign HIPAA
release forms.
References :

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