Aims, YIKES!

sj, good on your doctor. But this shouldn't be such a mess to deal with.

Dude, we have to shut down b.org cause of the HIPAA violations. Am I the reason we can't have nice things?

YOU GUYS. YOU DON'T EVEN.

I got to work this morning and started badmouthing Insurance Agent, and as it turns out, the co-worker (name of P.) whose medical information he shared with me ALSO got a phone call from him at home Thursday night! She wasn't home, though, so she just got a 5-minute (literally) message from him.

I assume he called her because she's been having a problem with a claim, and in dealing with it, she's -- reasonably so -- been talking to Big!Boss's daughter about it. (Rather than to Insurance Agent.) Soooo...

The message Insurance Agent left P. was basically the same thing, word for word, that he told me (i.e., "You have to understand that you are NOT ALLOWED to talk to [Big!Boss's daughter] about your medical issues or she can get sued, the company can get sued, and she'll lose the company!"

We decided he must have written it down before he called us.

I was trying to be tactful, so I just said that he followed up his threats about not talking to anyone about my health by telling me about a co-worker's medical claim, and P. asked, "Was it me?" I told her it was, and she was surprisingly not enraged. Not particularly happy with him, but not homicidal the way I would have been.

I told P. that I was going to talk to Big!Boss's daughter, and she asked, "Can I be in on it?" So we talked to Big!Boss's daughter, who ALSO got calls from Insurance Agent over the weekend. At which point I asked, "Let me guess -- he told you that if your employees come to you with medical issues, you have to run screaming from the room or you'll get sued, the company will get sued, and you'll lose the company?"

So -- she's furious at him, and is having him come in later this week for a meeting. I do not know if it's a fire-the-man meeting, or just a get-your-act-together meeting. Frankly, the man is incapable of getting his act together. She also told me that she's going to call the agent for Tim's company, so possibly we really will ditch the dude.

I would say I'm gobsmacked at his behavior, but...I'm really not. He's an ass.

We decided he must have written it down before he called us.

If you are lying, it is best to keep your story straight.

and P. asked, "Was it me?" I told her it was, and she was surprisingly not enraged. Not particularly happy with him, but not homicidal the way I would have been.

I'd have been livid. Like, formally reporting the HIPAA violation to HHS livid.

I feel like this is a TV show in the making.

Like, Steph and her coworker, enraged at the inherent incompetence of the system, team up to sell people insurance and fight injustice?

sj, good on your doctor. But this shouldn't be such a mess to deal with.

Ditto on your work insurance mess. I can't insurance guy is pulling this shit with people who edit medical info all day long.

and P. asked, "Was it me?" I told her it was, and she was surprisingly not enraged. Not particularly happy with him, but not homicidal the way I would have been.

I'd have been livid. Like, formally reporting the HIPAA violation to HHS livid.

She's *very* mellow. It makes me wonder what hellions her 3 daughters were growing up; like, were they so stressful that everything else is a cakewalk in comparison?

And I *did* tell Big!Boss's daughter that I plan to report Insurance Agent for his HIPAA violation. She was cool with that. (I wasn't asking her permission, but I wanted to keep her in the loop.)

Like, Steph and her coworker, enraged at the inherent incompetence of the system, team up to sell people insurance and fight injustice?

Hahahahaha!!! Because I am such a PEOPLE person! I am the last person who should EVER be allowed in sales.

Like, Steph and her coworker, enraged at the inherent incompetence of the system, team up to sell people insurance and fight injustice?

"Save us, Risk Adjuster!"
"Of course I will, Timmy, with the aid of my trusty sidekick, Co-Pay! But if anything goes wrong, wouldn't you like the peace of mind that comes from knowing your family's covered? Security... and Justice! For only a few dollars a week!"
"Thank you Risk Adjuster! You've saved our town, and our no-claim bonus!"

Paging Pharmacist Steph

So I have had lots of painkillers today. I took a Vicodin around 6ish? It was expired in February (haven't picked up my script yet) but I took it.

I am still having some pain, though, and now with added headache. Is it safe for me to take an oxycodone in a couple hours so I can sleep?

Heck yeah. I'd say if you take it around 11 or 11:30 you'll be fine. Is it oxycodone with acetaminophen? Because if it's not, you might want to take tylenol or ibuprofen for the headache.

Oh, no, Aims. Attacked by the most dangerous room in the house. Em was a rock star, though.

You probably should be taking an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen for the shoulder.