and usually you sign a hipaa agreement. at that point, you know, you think your information is secure somewhat. and you see the medical rider and you find out they have your information. and it's like, how can you -- i think that's really -- it's wrong. and second of all, when you confront a provider about it, they deny it. >> emma, thanks. >> well, you know, given the sensitivity of medical records and health information generally, i think it's proper that we have laws like hipaa on the books which require certain data security standards. now, why as we move to electronic health records it becomes easier for health care providers to share this information among themselves. i think there are certainly benefits to that so that, for example, i think there are benefits to that. for example, my general doctor can quickly share information with me to a specialist, who may be able to provide me with more seamless, and better care. that said, i do not think the issue of privacy of my health record should receive a short shrift in

we're in a stall pattern now because of hipaa and plan privilege and all those kind of things but we'll get back to it once the city folks figure out how we can share data and make it okay. that's not all. of course dos is filled with many programs and we've got adult protective services, joe in the back there nodding her head. and we have jason in our intake and screening and consultation unit. across the department we're looking at how do we provide the best outcomes and you do that i have think, through qa. i remember when you first came you tried to give me a tutorial on it. i still have those pieces of paper. i read them really well today i'm not quite sure about the difference between the two, but i know we're better for it. we've

if we can't get something like comprehensive nsa reform, hipaa reform could be a palatable move. >> if it could get to the floor it would have support to pass. it had a majority of the house supporting at the past year, but it never came to the floor. some people in congress are hesitant to bring it up because this could change the same arguments we have with nsa reform. it is hugely supported and if it ever got to the floor, i would have to believe it would have the votes to pass. >> i wonder now with a governing majority that republicans every interested in getting things done and making it look like they can actually govern instead of simply being the opposition party. if there is appetite for something, perhaps this time it could come to the floor. >> is there a area of agreement between the republican congress and the president on this issue? >> on the electronic medications privacy act? >> right, a privacy. >> pretty much everyone is supportive of the idea of changing the way that warrant that police would need to access e-mails. the justice department was resistant at first, but

to be protected especially when this takes information from them, including information that under hipaative. you know it it changes your cost of doing business exactly what we should be protecting. neil: congressman, thank you so much. >> i'm sure that you are happy about this. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with lief so smooth... .it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. tum, tum tum tum...♪ smoothies! only from tums. neil: in tonight's business blitz. who says that cheaters never win? the nfl could find the patriots after finding 11 footballs were underinflated after sunday's game with the cold, colts but they will still play in the super bowl. >> i don't think if it's true that it's strict enough. they are calling it spying on the new york jets. this is big business. winning this game is like this. >> i am a jets fan. but the truth is that maybe they should have a 25,000-dollar fine to this organization. neil: >> i think that this is on the margins. ultimately you have to have

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and we deal with compliance firms that have to deal with more regulation in terms of hipaa clients and health compliance. and that bothers me. cheryl: do we have in your opinion, the intellectual wherewithal to fight them. the hackers always seem one step ahead of us. they're 18-year-old kids sometimes. they're motivated by money. they're smart. can we handle this? >> absolutely we can. but it's sharing of information. hackers get across everything and get into organizations because they share information. we have organizations and there's lists that say, unless you're a cop or unless you don't do defense work, you can't have access to sharing our information. because you're not military or a cop, you can't know this. wait a second, i'm in the private industry. it's the private industry that developed this technology. we need to share more. companies need to realize that the par dime has shifted. no longer about the fence keeping people out. it's about response. the company that can minimize the amount of time between being hacked and the identification of that hack is better. >> two g

>> the problem is healthcare.gov is not regulated by hipaa who we depend on to protect our health careata. but healthcare.gov is not a health care provider under that act. so its protections wouldn't work to protect us. so what we're left with looking at is the privacy act. that's the only thing that will protect citizens in this type of situation. the problem is when you go onto healthcare.gov and you click on that, you are agreeing that their privacy act. and so you're actually agreeing, consenting to what they're doing. people are doing this every day without any knowledge -- >> how do you know you're consenting to it or is it like when you do a search on the internet and whatever you search ends up popping up as an ad or a quick spot on whatever you're surfing to? >> well, it's like a lot of legal things. when you go to the website, it's down in the fine print at the bottom. so you're responsible -- >> i went on healthcare.gov and played around with it. i have a devil of a time trying to figure it out. but i didn't see any provisos like that. >> i printed it owl. and it is terrifyi

why wasn't that a hipaa violation?t: as with any other system __ the aca or the government website __ they are as at risk to data breaches as any retailer would be. that is why we were very happy to see the presidential executive order that starts to tackle this. it requires federal employees to use chip and pin cards. in terms of the caller's question about whether or not the risk exposure inherent in healthcare.gov, i do not know the answer to that. i do not know what sort of data may been breached. certainly, if consumers are providing the information to any organization __ government or nonprofit, or corporate entity __ that data can be at risk. it is important for consumers to take the steps that i described earlier __ checking your accounts regularly. host: here is tim. caller: you said that consumers need to do more, of course. but, shouldn't the federal government do more? and, if they share information, the government should be the strong arm,, what is the problem here? homeland makes it mandatory to give up t

it clarifies and simplifies hipaa privacy laws. it reforms federal programs to folks on programs that reach or shows work, not feel good fads. it helps patients who are unable to understand their treatment get care. people with schizophrenia are not even aware they have problems and this leads to noncompliance with treatment. and helps explain why 40% of americans with serious mental illness do not get any treatment. it occurs most frequently with schizophrenia because of frontal lobe problems and we need to understand it. there is accountability of how public health dollars are being spent. we owe it to the 10 million americans with a serious mental illness and the five million who are not with treatment to take meaningful action. to fix the chaotic patchwork of problems and laws that make it impossible to get meaningful medical care until it is too late to do anything beyond mourning. each day i receive countless letters and telephone calls from parents across the country who most courageously battle a broken system who is trying