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Prescription drug history?? How can that be legal? This world is so messed up.
Not a shock about what people keep track of now a days, I learned a lot about how the INS industry tracks us when i got my licence
Prescription Drug History is the special case in that list.
HIPAA prevents your medical history from being shared outside the 'HIPAA-protected' silo, and in this case, it's not being shared outside that silo.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html
Your doctor cannot release your medical history to your employer, wife, etc. without your consent. However, they do not need your consent to release your history to, say, your oncologist or surgeon – or pharmacy.
Your pharmacy and your doctor can (and have to, for obvious billing reasons) release your information to your HMO.
Your HMO can release your information to Intelliscript (who abides by HIPAA)
When you apply for coverage, the company you're applying to can obtain your prescription history from Intelliscript because there's a spot on the application form where you authorize them to request your medical records.
From the Intelliscript website:
Insurance companies use the Milliman IntelliScript system to gather prescription histories
• Authorized in advance by your applicants
• Delivered online via the internet within seconds
• Current prescription information—usually within one or a few days
• Facilitating better and faster underwriting decisions