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You'd think but they basically just slapped little "oh we aren't actually healthcare" snippets in their licenses and are hoping that's enough to get them out of
by CuriousCosmic 2y ago
You'd think but they basically just slapped little "oh we aren't actually healthcare" snippets in their licenses and are hoping that's enough to get them out of actually being required to comply with HIPAA despite them very clearly needing to.
So yeah it should apply but they are just claiming they aren't a mental healthcare service to avoid it despite them being a literal mental health crisis hotline.
It probably won't hold up but it might be enough to lessen penalties since they can feign ignorance.
- 9991 2y ago“I didn’t know I couldn’t do that.”
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- drdaeman 2y agoI don't think HIPAA cares in the slightest about how a company calls themselves. If their normal operations involve working with what law says is a PHI, they gotta be compliant, even if they identify as a construction company (j/k). Or at least I was given this impression from my compliance trainings.