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The more I look into 'personal information' remaining private, the more I find it be false.
There is no information which is private, if one person knows it is no longer private. jmo |
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Well I think it's meant to prevent people from calling the hospital/clinic and finding out about personal medical history. Obviously your doctor needs to know what conditions you have b4 treating you. right?
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What does a social security number have to do with a diagnosis?
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Your social security number is, supposedly, to help prevent insurance fraud. Also, again supposedly, it's to identify you so that if your insurance company or another doctor requests records, they get the correct ones. However, I'm not sure what good that does as I have never given my son's SS# and things still manage to get done timely and correctly. But, in essence, that's the purpose of it.
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Your social security number is, supposedly, to help prevent insurance fraud. Also, again supposedly, it's to identify you so that if your insurance company or another doctor requests records, they get the correct ones. However, I'm not sure what good that does as I have never given my son's SS# and things still manage to get done timely and correctly. But, in essence, that's the purpose of it. my point  truly don't believe personal information is ever private, as too many people are privy to it - be it HIPAA, applications, etc. jmo
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Oh, I agree with you there. I have no solution, either. I refuse to give out my son's information. My stuff is out there, all over, but no reason his should be.
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on many insurances....the SS# is the insurance ID #
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thought that was changed long ago?
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It has on every insurance I've had over the past several years. Maybe smaller companies are still using it, though?
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some insurances yes...not all
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