Hipaa Reporting Violation
hipaa reporting violation
Is it a violation of HIPPA for med bills (hospital bill $48,000) to be on credit reports?
I’m job hunting and they pull reports before they hire you. I’m in my 50′s and very healthy, but they may use this to assume I have medical problems that I no longer have. Anyone know how to get the medical stuff removed from credit reports? This should be a violation of HIPAA because it should be a private matter when it can affect my job applications or applying for medical insurance. Help???
Sorry, but these are public records and are not covered by HIPPA.
The only reason they are on your credit report is because you did not take care of them at the time.
As far as removing them, only time will do that per the Fair Credit Reporting Act derogatory accounts show for 7-years from the date of first delinquency which works out to 7-years and 180-days.
Any accounts that show for longer then that can be disputed and removed.
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