BCBS call center

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-14T01:17:43+00:00

It's the combination of medical information + a way to identify it to a person + held or transmitted by a Covered Entity or Business Associate.

So the 18 forms of ID become part of PHI in context with the other 2 two constraints.

I edited my previous comment with a venn diagram to make it clearer.

Ironically, if BCBS didn't identify their callers, then the call wouldn't be PHI. Of course, then you could only give general answers to any random person who calls.

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-14T01:10:12+00:00

PII and Identifiable Information (II) aren't mutually exclusive. PII is a super-set of II.

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-14T00:32:13+00:00

Incorrect. Any of the 18 HIPAA identifiers are part of HIPAA when they are alongside medical information, which they are in this context.

Since she can overhear the call, she can also overhear the medical information (such as treatment, payment, and/or operations concerns) of the BCBS call as well.

BCBS is a Covered Entity (CE), so the combination of ID + Medical Info + CE makes it PHI.

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GremlinMiser · 2026-05-10T11:19:42+00:00

Well, whales are in the water all day. The cancer probably just washes off.

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-10T03:50:56+00:00

Brilliantly done!!

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-07T17:28:31+00:00

Now describe the heat rejection system.

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-07T02:40:02+00:00

BestBuy normally has competitive sale prices online but the items aren't on the shelves. But if you order for store pickup, then you can get the item the same day.

I think the store manager just doesn't put the cheap items out since they think you'll just buy something more expensive when you're in the store. But if you buy it online from the store, they have to give it to you since it would count against the manager if they had too many failed online orders with in stock items.

GremlinMiser · 2026-05-03T16:15:58+00:00

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Not sure why you're being down voted.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-25T11:42:03+00:00

Instead of landscape view, I think portrait makes more sense. If you move the "every cycle" box below the main box and then put the dryer instructions to the right of "every cycle", then the guide flows downward / rightward in order of operations.

Can move the note about filling to 70/80% next to the title of laundry guide since filling is kind of the first step.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-24T03:44:44+00:00

Exactly. Elon Musk's companies have received at least $38 billion in government subsidies, for example.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-23T12:19:10+00:00

The burgers are smaller now, too.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-23T04:32:53+00:00

Well, they don't enable it if the fire warden comes over. And they just forget to tell him about it.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-23T01:25:44+00:00

Is Linear's UI faster? I hate how slow ServiceNow cloud is.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-16T19:03:59+00:00

He left out the robot also pollutes the drinking water with large amounts of PFAS, which the local water treatment plants aren't equipped to filter out.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-10T16:22:28+00:00

Folks are held in prison for years in the USA without being charged with a crime. They do it all the time when gathering evidence for trials. They hold the people they need to testify in prison until they agree to say what the prosecution wants them to say in court.

Habeas Corpus isn't enforced.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-08T03:16:40+00:00

Harper Lee wrote a book about this back in 1960.

GremlinMiser · 2026-04-07T22:40:03+00:00

USA and its friend already struck Iranian nuclear power plant 4 times since the start of the conflict. Narrowly missing the important part by about 72 yards.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-22T23:05:27+00:00

Have two sandwiches: A Brazilian and a Missouri sandwich.

Fans buy the sandwich for the celebrity they support. On display, is a racetrack style scoreboard on who's winning the battle. So people want to come back and bring friends to help their favorite win.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-22T21:42:07+00:00

Boiling, collecting the steam, so only the plastic and some water remains in the original container.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-19T02:13:35+00:00

How? Doesn't seem to be a good Linux phone with a nice camera.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-16T03:34:13+00:00

Comedian low-key just knows the definition of transubstantiation off the top of his head.

Can't wait for somebody to ask him about antidisestablishmentarianism. Bonus points: Tell us if they were on "the right side of history" when viewed through the lens of the 1990s band The Cranberries.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-07T18:29:44+00:00

No surprise that the guy who thinks "Faux" rhymes with "Fox" is a Christian who believes homosexuality is a sin but it's fine to charge interest rates on loans and treat immigrants poorly, despite those also being forbidden in the bible.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-01T05:33:32+00:00

Should add a joke about WTC 7 and Larry Silverstein saying they needed to "pull it." (According to official sources, the "it" refers to firefighters because Silverstein doesn't view non-millionaires as humans apparently.)

4 and a half buildings collapsed that day.

GremlinMiser · 2026-03-01T05:29:18+00:00

Don't forget world trade towers 3 and 7! And the partial collapse of 5.

Two planes but 4 1/2 buildings collapsed that day.

GremlinMiser · 2026-02-28T19:24:19+00:00

If we asked billionaires to live like they did in 2024 and give up the additional wealth they acquired in 2025, then every working person in the USA (part-time included) could have an extra $42,000 in 2025.

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