Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 1: The Doctor’s Appointment

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted October 1, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I pulled into Dr. Eberhardt’s parking lot on a hot, steamy Texas Hill Country day in August. As I got out of the car, I could see the heat shimmering up from the parking lot. For [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 2: Going to the Drug Store

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted October 10, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I left Dr. Eberhardt’s office and drove to the town square to go to the drugstore. Dale Nichols is the town pharmacist. He grew up in this town, and has only left long enough to go [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 3: A Visit to the Nursing Home, Chapter 1

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted November 6, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I walked up the sidewalk to Serendipity Village Rest Home to visit my grandparents. One advantage of having lived in the same small town where my folks and their folks grew up was that all of [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 4: The Storm

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted December 5, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I walked into the Serendipity Nursing Home. It was 6 pm on a dark, cold and drizzly Saturday evening in November. I was dateless as usual on this Saturday night (but that’s a story for another [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Why HIPAA is like Duck Poop (Do you go by State or Federal Law?)

Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted January 2, 2003 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. It was a crisply cool and sunny Saturday morning and there I was in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in our little Texas Hill Country town. Wal-Mart is the closest thing we have to a [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land: It’s Heeeerrrre!!!

By Jerri Lynn Ward with Commentary by Hugh Barton Posted April 18, 2003 It’s April 14 and I had been tearing my hair out over my tax return, so I decided to take a break and go visit Fred Quinn in the hospital and my grandparents at the Serendipity Village Rest Home. I cleaned up [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Soap Opera at the Serendipity (Bad Faith Complaints)

By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. Posted June 5, 2003 Today, I was in the produce department at the local HEB Pantry Store trying to open one of those stupid, plastic, impossible-to-open produce bags. I was almost to the point of tearing into it with my teeth when I saw Sam Hershey, the Administrator at the [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land: HIPAA Hokey Pokey

By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward P.C. (including valuable Hokey Pokey contribution from Nelson Page with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission) Posted March 1, 2004 It was a beautiful day in February as I walked into Dr. Eberhardt’s office for my annual checkup. “Howdy Suzanne Roberta,” rasped Rowena the receptionist. I was [...]

Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land- What’s It All About, ALF?

By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. There I was on the lush, green and beautiful grounds of The Ranch on the River, the Assisted Living Facility located in our little Hill Country Town. I had come down for the day to visit my Aunt Bernice who is one of the residents there. The Ranch on the [...]