{"id":5592,"date":"2007-04-28T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-hipaa-law-and-bipolar-disorder\/"},"modified":"2007-04-28T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-28T11:52:00","slug":"the-hipaa-law-and-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-hipaa-law-and-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hipaa Law And Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Today I wanted to send a quick email about the<br \/>Hipaa law in the United States. This is a<br \/>super complicated law that virtually nobody<br \/>understands that is suppose to protect the<br \/>privacy of a person with a medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of bipolar disorder, it creates<br \/>a situation where a doctor or therapist or<br \/>anyone else can NOT, and I repeat can NOT,<br \/>give a caregiver information about his\/her<br \/>loved one&#8217;s treatment or condition.<\/p>\n<p>So this law makes helping someone with<br \/>bipolar disorder tough. There is a quick<br \/>and simple solution that generally does<br \/>NOT work. That&#8217;s right, it generally<br \/>does NOT work but I will tell you anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is the Medical Information Release<br \/>Authorization which can be used with loved one&#8217;s<br \/>with Bipolar Disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The Medical Information Release Authorization is<br \/>a form that one with bipolar disorder should have<br \/>signed in advance (when they are not in an episode)<br \/>and have on file,  which gives you permission to<br \/>contact your loved one&#8217;s doctor (therapist\/psychiatrist)<br \/>when they are in an episode, and get and give<br \/>information on your loved one&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a really simple explanation of what it can do<br \/>for you and your loved one with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>A Power of Attorney is another form that your loved one<br \/>with bipolar disorder should also have signed in<br \/>advance and have on file.  It is a legal document<br \/>that authorizes someone you trust to take action on<br \/>your behalf. That means a designated person can sign<br \/>checks for someone with let&#8217;s say bipolar disorder,<br \/>help get Disability benefits started for someone with<br \/>bipolar disorder, make medical and financial decisions<br \/>for someone with bipolar disorder, and more.<\/p>\n<p>HERE&#8217;S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE FORMS AND WHY<br \/>THEY DON&#8217;T WORK FOR SUPPORTERS<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, generally people who find my site<br \/>and get to me, have loved one with bipolar disorder<br \/>who are totally out of control and will not sign<br \/>any forms.<\/p>\n<p>Then when a person tries to call a hospital, doctor,<br \/>therapist, etc. about their loved one, they are told<br \/>they can&#8217;t get any information because no release<br \/>has been signed. Then people go around in circles<br \/>trying to get information and help their loved one<br \/>with bipolar disorder only to have their efforts<br \/>stopped.<\/p>\n<p>This happened to me in the beginning. I got super<br \/>mad about the fact my mom&#8217;s first terrible and lazy<br \/>doctor wouldn&#8217;t tell me anything.<\/p>\n<p>Then I changed my attitude after talking to a friend<br \/>who actually has nothing to do with bipolar disorder<br \/>but he inspired me to look for loop holes in the<br \/>system.<\/p>\n<p>So I studied and brainstormed and found all the loop<br \/>holes in these policies so that I could talk to<br \/>my mom&#8217;s medical people even if no releases were<br \/>signed.<\/p>\n<p>I must say, these strategies are complicated and<br \/>require study and reading. I can&#8217;t write it<br \/>all out here. Actually, I have a presentation<br \/>on it as well. It&#8217;s in my supporter courses.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help do one of two things. Change<br \/>your attitude try to figure out &#8220;Work around&#8221;<br \/>or &#8220;loop holes&#8221; in the system OR simply get<br \/>my course if you want to because I cover all<br \/>of this.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE-This is NOT legal advice or medical advice<br \/>because I am NOT an attorney and I am NOT a<br \/>doctor. Please understand this is information<br \/>and you should take every single thing<br \/>that I say and check with your doctors, lawyers,<br \/>therapists, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can get more information on my courses\/systems<br \/>below.<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\/\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to take off for the day now.<\/p>\n<p>Your Friend,<\/p>\n<p>Dave<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails<br \/>that I have sent in the past and lots of great<br \/>information for you:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give<br \/>mini seminars designed to teach you information<br \/>you can&#8217;t learn anywhere else.<a href=\"http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com\/\">http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Today I wanted to send a quick email about the<br \/>Hipaa law in the United States. This is a<br \/>super complicated law that virtually nobody<br \/>understands that is suppose to protect the<br \/>privacy of a person with a medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of bipolar disorder, it creates<br \/>a situation where a doctor or therapist or<br \/>anyone else can NOT, and I repeat can NOT,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-hipaa-law-and-bipolar-disorder\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hipaa Law And Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-hipaa-law-and-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Hipaa Law And Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, Today I wanted to send a quick email about theHipaa law in the United States. 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