Of all things to show up in my mail...
Notice of privacy practices from Blue Cross/Anthem
(the insurance Company named in Pattis' medical request motion)
I highlighted a few points of interest in the attached pics and below:
-"If you're enrolled with us through an employer, we may share your PHI (Protected Health Information) with your group health plan. If the employer pays your premium or part of it, but doesn't pay your health insurance claims, your employer can only have your PHI for permitted reasons and is required by law to protect it."
QUESTION: If Fore Group was the group policy holder (which we know he stopped paying sometime in 2017, though may have gotten it back) would that mean he already knows exactly what those EOB/bills are for? OR...did he lose the policy, illegally obtain her health insurance carrier info and EOB and try to get the info?
-"Under federal law, you have the right to: Request confidential communications. You can ask us to send your PHI using other ways that are reasonable. Also let us know if you want us to send your mail to a different address if sending it to your home could put you in danger". Boy, that's an understatement. MOO
-"Under federal law, you have the right to: Ask for a restriction for services you pay for out of your own pocket. If you pay in full for any medical services out of your own pocket, you have the right to ask for a restriction. The restriction would prevent the use or sharing of that PHI for treatment, payment, or operations reasons". This statement, IMO, destroys Pattis' argument that Jennifer was hiding an illness. I don't believe for a millisecond that she was hiding an illness, though it seems that she has the means to pay out of pocket should she have wanted to restrict any info.
Anything here grab anyone else?
MOO