Re: New tactic by Allstate coming to your officesoon!!

[Guest guest]

sounds like a hiapp violation

Carl Bonofiglio

-- New tactic by Allstate coming to your office soon!!

>

> Docs,

> A very worrisome development has recently arisen with the way that Allstate

> is handling

> what they call MIST (Minor Impact Soft Tissue) claims. In a videotaped

> deposition,

> a SIU investigator for Allstate in Colorado claimed that her company is now

> targeting

> physicians (MD, DC, DO) who treat patients that have been injured in minimal

> damage

> crashes. I just reviewed this depo, and the investigator made the following

> statements:

> 1. This is a national policy

> 2. The investigator can come into the doctor's office and start taking

> pictures

> and interviewing employees

> 3. The investigator can interview patients in the doctor's waiting room

> 4. Any doc who bills for treatment may have such a search conducted

> 5. If the doc does not submit to the search then Allstate won't pay the

> bills

> 6. The investigator had no idea if there is any language in any contract

> that allows

> such a search

> 7. The investigator had no idea if she was trespassing when she came back

> into a

> doctor's treatment area after being told not to do so.

>

> This new form of intimidation is going to spread, and I will bet that it

> will be

> a basis for some major bad faith/RICO litigation.

> If you have such a tactic attempted in your office please contact me.

>

> D Freeman

> 925 Commercial St SE, Suite 300

> Salem, OR 97301

> 503-586-0127

> cell 503-871-0715

> drmfreeman@...

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I don't think that Allstate can be the one who is violating HIPAA, but it seems that HIPAA would prohibit letting them back into your treatment areas.

Freeman New tactic by Allstate coming to your office soon!!

>

> Docs,

> A very worrisome development has recently arisen with the way that Allstate

> is handling

> what they call MIST (Minor Impact Soft Tissue) claims. In a videotaped

> deposition,

> a SIU investigator for Allstate in Colorado claimed that her company is now

> targeting

> physicians (MD, DC, DO) who treat patients that have been injured in minimal

> damage

> crashes. I just reviewed this depo, and the investigator made the following

> statements:

> 1. This is a national policy

> 2. The investigator can come into the doctor's office and start taking

> pictures

> and interviewing employees

> 3. The investigator can interview patients in the doctor's waiting room

> 4. Any doc who bills for treatment may have such a search conducted

> 5. If the doc does not submit to the search then Allstate won't pay the

> bills

> 6. The investigator had no idea if there is any language in any contract

> that allows

> such a search

> 7. The investigator had no idea if she was trespassing when she came back

> into a

> doctor's treatment area after being told not to do so.

>

> This new form of intimidation is going to spread, and I will bet that it

> will be

> a basis for some major bad faith/RICO litigation.

> If you have such a tactic attempted in your office please contact me.

>

> D Freeman

> 925 Commercial St SE, Suite 300

> Salem, OR 97301

> 503-586-0127

> cell 503-871-0715

> drmfreeman@...

>

>

>

>

> OregonDCs rules:

> 1. Keep correspondence professional; the purpose of the listserve is to

> foster communication and collegiality. No personal attacks on listserve

> members will be tolerated.

> 2. Always sign your e-mails with your first and last name.

> 3. The listserve is not secure; your e-mail could end up anywhere. However,

> it is against the rules of the listserve to copy, print, forward, or

> otherwise distribute correspondence written by another member without his or

> her consent, unless all personal identifiers have been removed.

>

[Guest guest]

Re: New

tactic by Allstate coming to your officesoon!!

I don't think that Allstate can be the one who is

violating HIPAA, but it seems that HIPAA would prohibit letting them back into

your treatment areas.

Freeman

******************

Wouldn’t HIPPA prevent them from even being in the

waiting room interrog….er, interviewing other patients? They shouldn’t

even be allowed to look at a sign-in sheet or see the names of patients they

have no concern with.

Terry Petty, D.C.

[Guest guest]

I am definitely not an expert at all, but it seems like Allstate would put the doc in violation of HIPAA, rather than be in violation themselves.

Freeman RE: New tactic by Allstate coming to your officesoon!!

-----Original Message-----From: Dr. Freeman [mailto:drmfreeman@...] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: Re: New tactic by Allstate coming to your officesoon!!

I don't think that Allstate can be the one who is violating HIPAA, but it seems that HIPAA would prohibit letting them back into your treatment areas.

Freeman******************

Wouldn’t HIPPA prevent them from even being in the waiting room interrog….er, interviewing other patients? They shouldn’t even be allowed to look at a sign-in sheet or see the names of patients they have no concern with.

Terry Petty, D.C.

[Guest guest]

I ain't no expert either, however someone will have to explain how activities of the second party ("Allstate"), beyond the control of the first party ("me") can make "ME" in violation of a federal law....expecially if they are trespassing, etc.....

J. Pedersen DC

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