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minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down9·1 year agoJust don’t pay your debt, if they send it to collections they’ve broken HIPPA ;)
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThey don’t actually send PHI to collections…
minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow does one itemize a value they cannot legally view?
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWho says they can’t? Have you actually read all of the documentation you sign when you have a medical procedure?
minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou can not legally sign away your HIPPA rights, just so you know.
minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoHow does one itemize a value they cannot legally view?
minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoYou agree, yet decided to argue against the point anyway.
minus-squareZuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoJust don’t pay it, not a thing they can do if they just tell me some arbitrary amount. Try it yourself and you’ll see, it’s not worth their time to collect.
Just don’t pay your debt, if they send it to collections they’ve broken HIPPA ;)
They don’t actually send PHI to collections…
How does one itemize a value they cannot legally view?
Who says they can’t? Have you actually read all of the documentation you sign when you have a medical procedure?
You can not legally sign away your HIPPA rights, just so you know.
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How does one itemize a value they cannot legally view?
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You agree, yet decided to argue against the point anyway.
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Just don’t pay it, not a thing they can do if they just tell me some arbitrary amount. Try it yourself and you’ll see, it’s not worth their time to collect.