HIPPA and Athletes (I MEANT HIPAA!!!!) =)

Well, they are paid tons of money and people watch them religiously. As in my fantasy football league, ...hell Randy your right it doesn't make sense! Maybe if its a personal issue, like mental illness it's different, but sprained ankle different story. Idk

This is a great point and something I never thought about. They would have to have something in the contract cause all the HIPPA rules are very strict

I don't have any concrete answers, but being "kind of in the medical field" and haveing to be couscous of HIPPA laws, the person or athlete in this case is allowed to tell anyone he wants about anything having to do with his medical condition. I am sure in one way or the other the team has gotten "the athelete's permission" through contract or what not to release this kind of info.

perkinke:

With as much money as there is involved in sports, both legal and...not, there may be an exception in the HIPAA laws for sports. Don't ask me where, that law is one of the biggest piles of steaming confusion I've looked through.

This. Believe me, no one seems to have much real knowledge of what HIPPA does. Organizations in the medical fields use it to terrify employees into submission about all kinds of crap, then turn around and release all sorts of medical info. It makes no sense, and trying to find factual sources of information is a scavenger hunt.

I've said too much....gaaah! THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!!!!!!!!

It is a gambling reason. You can't put spreads on games unless you know the star forward is playing or not. The teams will tell you it is for fair disclosure so the other team can prepare for the game, which is a total lie. Tom Brady is listed on the injury report every week. Yet he plays every week with no issue. This data is used by the books to spread games and as CharlieHeis said it does raise interest in the game because of that.

Amos Umwhat:

perkinke:

With as much money as there is involved in sports, both legal and...not, there may be an exception in the HIPAA laws for sports. Don't ask me where, that law is one of the biggest piles of steaming confusion I've looked through.

This. Believe me, no one seems to have much real knowledge of what HIPPA does. Organizations in the medical fields use it to terrify employees into submission about all kinds of crap, then turn around and release all sorts of medical info. It makes no sense, and trying to find factual sources of information is a scavenger hunt.

I've said too much....gaaah! THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm a bit of a HIPAA expert. Enough, at least, to know its HIPAA not HIPPA :-). HIPAA covers protected health information including diagnosis. The only way to get around that in the medical profession is to have a release form signed by the individual. So, either through a specific release or a release embedded in the contract should have been signed. What I'm not clear about is whether the NFL is a covered entity. If it is, then the release would have to be between the player and the NFL. It is most likely that the NFL is not a covered entity (or perhaps a hybrid entity) and so the release would have to be by the player to the hospital allowing the hospital or doctor to release information to the NFL. One the information is release to a non covered entity they don't have the same confidentiality constraints.

Echambers:

Amos Umwhat:

perkinke:

With as much money as there is involved in sports, both legal and...not, there may be an exception in the HIPAA laws for sports. Don't ask me where, that law is one of the biggest piles of steaming confusion I've looked through.

This. Believe me, no one seems to have much real knowledge of what HIPPA does. Organizations in the medical fields use it to terrify employees into submission about all kinds of crap, then turn around and release all sorts of medical info. It makes no sense, and trying to find factual sources of information is a scavenger hunt.

I've said too much....gaaah! THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm a bit of a HIPAA expert. Enough, at least, to know its HIPAA not HIPPA :-). HIPAA covers protected health information including diagnosis. The only way to get around that in the medical profession is to have a release form signed by the individual. So, either through a specific release or a release embedded in the contract should have been signed. What I'm not clear about is whether the NFL is a covered entity. If it is, then the release would have to be between the player and the NFL. It is most likely that the NFL is not a covered entity (or perhaps a hybrid entity) and so the release would have to be by the player to the hospital allowing the hospital or doctor to release information to the NFL. One the information is release to a non covered entity they don't have the same confidentiality constraints.

I suspect it's seen as the player giving the information over to the team in performance-related cases. I was surprised at the personal nature of the information that Robert Mathis released about infertility treatments causing his positive drug test...but he was stupid not to ask the NFLPA, his agent, or the League docs about the meds.

FireRob:

Echambers:

FireRob:

Echambers:

Well, I'm a bit of a HIPAA expert. Enough, at least, to know its HIPAA not HIPPA :-).

Ah now your just being a show off! :-)

Well I am a bit of a grammar expert. Enough, at least to know that it is "you're" not "your" :-)

Eye no eye ca'nt spiell, Eye ghot over it and u shood two

Ha! And I can't believe that no one called me on my use of "its."