State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure authorization

Re:State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure au... by kop316 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:52AM (#22179551)

I disagree that it break social norms. If I am agreeing to something, I want to know what I am agreeing to. If I get treated like I am "difficult", I would say you should be shopping around for a different pediatrician.

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Re:State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure au... by jiveturkey on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @11:03AM (#22181960)

The definition of social norm is what most other people think. Do you not realize that most people will just sign the form without reading or checking? That is the norm.

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Re:State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure au... by snowwrestler on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:27PM (#22184778)

A social norm is what other people expect from you. It arises from commonalities within the group, but has an additional component of expectation. Not every deviation from typical behavior violates a social norm.

I don't think it's a relevant concept here, because even if the rest of the patients don't read the HIPAA documents, they also don't care whether you read them. The staff don't care either, even if they have to do a little extra work so you can.

Shouting loudly in the waiting room would be a good example of violating a social norm--people generally expect each other to speak normally/quietly in a medical office.

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Re:State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure au... by logfromblammo on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:49PM (#22185018)

The docs that don't bury the patient in bureaucratic nonsense are out of network, and not accepting new patients anyway.

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