hipaa
Does HIPAA protect against doctors giving prescriptions to pharmacists that you didn&#39;t approve?
<p>My doctor sent a prescription to a pharmacist his clinic had a relationship with. I didn't approve this transaction. Is it legal for him to share my prescription with a pharmacist I didn't approve? I gave him the name of the pharmacist I wanted to use, and they disregarded that. Is this a violation of HIPAA?</p>

<p>It is not a violation. <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-C/part-164/subpart-E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The privacy rule</a> requires that your personal medical information be kept &quot;private&quot;, but your consent is not required for another health care provider to process PMI. For example, your consent is not required to send samples to a particular lab for analysis, your consent is not required for the doctor to consult with a specialist. The primary health care provider can disclose information to a business associate, who is bound by the same privacy rule, the result being that your PMI cannot be &quot;generally published&quot; because disclosures are only allowed to those who are bound by the privacy rule (or, to whom disclosure has been authorized by the patient, e.g. to a relative).</p>
