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I lost it at "What the fuck is HIPPA". Who the fuck buys a healthcare company and doesn't know what the fuck HIPPA is? Great read.

by MFLoon 7y ago

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perl4ever 7y ago
That's (purportedly) a quote from the person posting this on HN, not the purchaser of the company.
- dboreham 7y ago
  Ok, but I've never come close to working on healthcare software but I've run up against HIPAA numerous times because partners, customers, suppliers, customers of customers, are in that space. So the idea that your company can buy a full-on healthcare software business but you and your legal people have never heard of it is pretty hard to swallow.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    I agree, but my point was that it wasn't the buffoonish CEO that the quote was attributed to, but the HN poster who's bragging about his talent, wealth, and illegal activities.
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  but he sat down with everyone involved right, and nobody knew what it was. That does sound a little fishy, under the circumstances it's a little like sitting down with a pair of nice old ladies who've been poisoning people and hearing "Arsenic? What's that?!?"
jacquesm 7y ago
> Who the fuck buys a healthcare company and doesn't know what the fuck HIPPA is? That could have been you, apparently. https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA
- MFLoon 7y ago
  Thankfully I'm not out here buying businesses of any kind. And knowing what a thing is and knowing how to spell it correctly are two different things.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    That may be so. But when it comes to consuming information on a subject I prefer my sources to be those who know what the acronym stands for which makes mis-spelling it a near impossibility. Knowing what something is in the abstract versus knowing it intimately is a huge difference and if you don't know how to spell the acronym you've pretty much outed yourself as someone who is not familiar with the details at a level that would allow for a constructive discussion. It would be like talking to someone about cars who spells BMW as WBM and Porsche as Porche and then to have a discussion about the relative merits of each. Of course it is just form, not function but I would highly discount the opinion of someone who would not be able to spell the names over someone who can, chances are the former hasn't driven one and might not even be of legal driving age.

I lost it at "What the fuck is HIPPA". Who the fuck buys a healthcare company and doesn't know what the fuck HIPPA is? Great read.

by MFLoon 7y ago

I lost it at "What the fuck is HIPPA". Who the fuck buys a healthcare company and doesn't know what the fuck HIPPA is? Great read.

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perl4ever 7y ago

That's (purportedly) a quote from the person posting this on HN, not the purchaser of the company.

dboreham 7y ago
Ok, but I've never come close to working on healthcare software but I've run up against HIPAA numerous times because partners, customers, suppliers, customers of customers, are in that space. So the idea that your company can buy a full-on healthcare software business but you and your legal people have never heard of it is pretty hard to swallow.
- perl4ever 7y ago
  I agree, but my point was that it wasn't the buffoonish CEO that the quote was attributed to, but the HN poster who's bragging about his talent, wealth, and illegal activities.
bryanrasmussen 7y ago
but he sat down with everyone involved right, and nobody knew what it was. That does sound a little fishy, under the circumstances it's a little like sitting down with a pair of nice old ladies who've been poisoning people and hearing "Arsenic? What's that?!?"

jacquesm 7y ago

> Who the fuck buys a healthcare company and doesn't know what the fuck HIPPA is? That could have been you, apparently. https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA

MFLoon 7y ago
Thankfully I'm not out here buying businesses of any kind. And knowing what a thing is and knowing how to spell it correctly are two different things.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  That may be so. But when it comes to consuming information on a subject I prefer my sources to be those who know what the acronym stands for which makes mis-spelling it a near impossibility. Knowing what something is in the abstract versus knowing it intimately is a huge difference and if you don't know how to spell the acronym you've pretty much outed yourself as someone who is not familiar with the details at a level that would allow for a constructive discussion. It would be like talking to someone about cars who spells BMW as WBM and Porsche as Porche and then to have a discussion about the relative merits of each. Of course it is just form, not function but I would highly discount the opinion of someone who would not be able to spell the names over someone who can, chances are the former hasn't driven one and might not even be of legal driving age.