This was a good read. It's something that I can point people to, since even as a health care provider (firefighter/paramedic) we frequently run into other level

This was a good read. It's something that I can point people to, since even as a health care provider (firefighter/paramedic) we frequently run into other levels of provider that are clueless about HIPAA and use it as an excuse to not provide information that we need. (in other words, they're being lazy, and claiming "that's a HIPAA violation" is way easier for them.) It's amazing just how misunderstood HIPAA has become.