Confidential Drug Rehabilitation

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In a conversation with a doctor about a cough syrup, the md asked me (RPh) to tell her what other medications the patient was taking. I told her the meds (HIV drugs). This was not the md who prescribed these meds. The md told the patient’s mother about our conversation. The patient’s mother works at the medical office. The patient is 20 years old. My company suspended me with possible termination saying that this is an egregiousious violation of HIPAA because I released HIV info to the doctor that did not prescribe the HIV meds. I could not find any mention of this in the federal HIPAA laws. There may be a stricter NJ law regarding HIV, but I feel my conversation with the md was permitted under the treatment section of HIPAA. Am I in violation?

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Dr. Q received IRB approval to conduct a clinical trial at Hospital Z to test drug A vs. drug B on October 31, 2001. Subject recruitment has been completed however, due to an adverse event on May 3, 2003, the IRB requested that the principal investigator re-consent subjects.

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Bear with me, its long but certainly worth the read…
I went to a low income clinic for prenatal care even though I had insurance and on my 1st visit was tested for illegal drugs without consenting to anything, I was not even 3 mos and tested positive for THC once the pregnancy was confirmed there were NO more positive results, however again I was tested a few mos later, again no consent, but results were negative, this was all unknown to me at the time, when I later gave birth to a very healthy child the nursery workers put a bag on my baby to collect urine and it was NOT a STERILE specimen,which they claim was positive for thc even though my prev tests had been neg,so CPS was notified and even though I took a UA for them and it too was NEGATIVE and no charges were filed the caseworker told a friend of hers in the office who who told an off duty cop pal of hers that I had TESTED positive which I didnt, and this cop told everyone she knew which made huge problems for myself and my husband at our high profile jobs, he was tested and his results were neg also, then the caseworker called after our tests to see what meds I had been prescribed during the pregnancy to see why the baby had a false positive, she then said she was closing out the case on her end but still had to notify family services who would also visit us at home for an assessment, which is sched. for later this week. During my 5 day stay in the hosp. because of an epidural that went way wrong, I was given 2 appts for the baby, the billi check at 5 days which turns out the place they sent me had been closed for 6 MONTHS!!! and the 2nd appt was her 2 wk check up but they had no record in the computer even though I had a comp generator paper with the appt on it, they then did yet another heal stick on her and this come to find out wasnt necessary as she had this test in the hosp.
My questions are these…
1. Are the clinics allowed to drug test you without your consent?
2. Were HIPAA laws violated when an unrelated to the case CPS worker diclosed to an off duty cop my medical records and then LIED about the results?
3. After 4 UAs that were ALL NEGATIVE isnt CPS harassing me by continuing to be in my life with no good reason even after multiple visits to our home?
4. Cant something be done about this hospital that sent us to a place they should have known had been closed for 6 mos and then they unnec. stuck my child for a test they HAD ALREADY done?
if they can mess up like that who is to say they didnt mess up on her urine test especially when all previous and following tests on myself and my husband were negatvie for THC (marijuana)? Can they take her urine without our consent?
My hubby is a cop so we have insurance thru his job, but I also have medicaid to cover anything his insurance would not
We are in Tx
They had to know the place was closed, its affilaited with the hospital and was severly damaged by Hurricane IKE 6 mos ago

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…information about a fraudulent charge on a credit card? Someone used my credit card to purchase prescription drugs from an online company and when I called to dispute the charges the company would not give me any information about the transactions. Not the type of medication purchased, not the shipping address, not the name on the prescription. If someone used my credit card to make this purchase shouldn’t I be able to know about the transaction details? I’d sort of like to know if this might be someone I know using my card…

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Can a summons for small claims court for a medical bill be served to your job with a detailed list of medical expenses attached such as drugs given and supplies used? The summons was handled by several individuals before it reached the one intended. Should it have been delivered to the home address with this information?

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