Just found out someone I "may have" interacted with a handful of times...

...tested positive for COVID-19. However, this person's employer won't disclose the name of the infected person. They just called to say that one of their employees tested positive and that they can confirm that I likely interacted with this person (although not necessarily since he/she was infected). They cited HIPAA rules as the reason for not disclosing a name.

This seems weird to me, and I thought HIPAA only applied to healthcare providers. How are you supposed to "contract trace" if no one knows the identify of the infected person?

I seem to recall Photo's S.O. dealing with this in HR a while back...

Posted: 05/15/2020 at 2:19PM

Just found out someone I "may have" interacted with a handful of times... -- MP4VT2004 05/15/2020 2:19PM

Dont worry..as long as the economy is back I am sure -- capitals1 05/15/2020 5:17PM

I'm not worried about it. I've been working from home because... -- MP4VT2004 05/15/2020 5:35PM

Wow. Hear hear. -- VT law 05/15/2020 10:14PM

We're disclosing names to people who were in close contact, for that reason -- WestyHokie 05/15/2020 3:22PM

Did you get employee authorization? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 5:34PM

Lawyers said public health outweighs other considerations -- WestyHokie 05/15/2020 7:35PM

Big mistake. Lawyers don’t make laws. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 7:39PM

That makes sense to me... -- `lag 05/15/2020 3:54PM

Yeah, that's not fair to you. -- `lag 05/15/2020 2:39PM

They SHOULD do that. To be safe. ** -- 48zip 05/15/2020 3:04PM

Wait til the "tracers" start force quaranting anybody that may have -- fordham 05/15/2020 2:52PM

TSO sez: HIPPA does apply, but there’s a work-around. -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 2:35PM

This is correct employee must sign waiver for employer to divulge ** -- HokieForever 05/15/2020 2:43PM

My employer isn't disclosing names. Don't know if it's HIPAA related, but -- Hokie360 05/15/2020 2:29PM

The employer is full of cr@p. He's not subject to HIPAA laws. ** -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 2:22PM

Unbelievable. ** -- 48zip 05/15/2020 3:00PM

Rong. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 2:36PM

Uh employers are absolutely required to follow HIPAA law -- HokieForever 05/15/2020 2:24PM

Here is a link of covered entities inside... -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 2:28PM

Health plan providers in the second item. That’s “employers”. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 2:39PM

That would seem to be correct based on the link below. I stand corrected. ** -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 3:08PM

Fair 'nuff. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 3:30PM

Are you an employer? If so, you’ll be wise to get this right. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/15/2020 2:37PM

Just one link, plenty others -- HokieForever 05/15/2020 2:32PM

That is interesting. I've never heard of the employer being called the -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 3:08PM

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