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Re:Feds probing roughly 5k pilots suspected of withholding m... by hedora on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:34AM (#37294678)
What happened to medical record confidentiality?

Presumably this is a slow normalization of deviance play, and using people’s medical records against them will be commonplace soon.

Starting with vets is particularly cynical, but sadly unsurprising.

Anyway, since these records can be used to screw vets over, can vets also access the statistics they’d need to prove safety violations and other forms of negligence in the chain of command?

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Re:Feds probing roughly 5k pilots suspected of withholding m... by tycho-newman on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:41AM (#37294780)
It is routine for government agencies to audit medical claims records for waste, fraud,and abuse. These uses are well-defined in existing American medical privacy laws.
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