Does HIPAA protect all of your private medical information? [Video]

Multiple VERIFY readers, including Elle and Ron, want to know if all of your private medical information is protected under HIPAA.

THE QUESTION

Does HIPAA protect all of your private medical information?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

No, HIPAA does not protect all of your private medical information.

WHAT WE FOUND

It’s a common misconception that HIPAA protects all of your private medical information. HIPAA’s privacy rule only applies to groups known as “covered entities” and many other organizations with access to your private medical information aren’t required to follow it.

“People often feel like HIPAA protects them from being asked about their medical information or prohibits other people from asking about their medical information. Neither is true,” Kayte Spector-Bagdady, J.D., a lawyer and bioethicist, previously told VERIFY.

The HIPAA privacy rulesets regulations and limits on who can …