#medical forms

[pace37]

[thefloralmenace]

Maybe I'm making something out of nothing, but this felt like asexual erasure at the doctor's office today.

[queenarielviolet]

Where is the "What are you a fucking cop" option?

[autisticeducator]

AASPIRE Healthcare Toolkit for Autistic Adults

This toolkit is brilliant and every autistic should know about it (there should be a general one for every major disability group if possible).

I hate doing excessive amounts of paperwork. Being a teacher, I deal with my fair share. But this was actually fairly simple to complete and then it converts it to medical language that doctors understand.

I may try to send a link to it to my primary doc prior to my visit this month (that portal doesn’t allow doc upload but it’s already on my OneDrive). Some things I have on there don’t really apply to her office (didn’t feel like making individual ones for each doctor). Some things are already being done and others really need to be considered.

It is clear, easy to fill out and concise. Everything I look for in forms.

[sharkattacksyou]

Anymore I am so tired of garbage language "preferred pronouns" "preferred name" "gender identity" "transgendered people"

None of this is "preferred". It's not a cutesy "identity". Fuck all the way off.

It IS your name it IS your pronouns. Im not asking you politely "please sir i would like you to call me this. But it's OK if you dont..." No. Fucking "preferred " as if anyone listens to that shit. We're forced to make ourselves small and it's exhausting.

I don't "Identify as a queer/transgender person" I AM queer. I AM transgender.

Call me a fucking tranny freak and get it over with. Call me a faggot and stop pretending.

Just let loose the fucking slurs cause this shit is meaningless.

[makeforms]

What is the full form of HIPAA compliance?

The full form of HIPAA compliance is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance. HIPAA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1996 that aims to protect the privacy and security of patients' medical records and other health information. HIPAA compliance refers to the adherence to the regulations and standards set forth by this law to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of patients' health information.

In addition to HIPAA compliance, there are specific HIPAA forms that organizations and healthcare providers are required to use when handling patients' protected health information (PHI). These forms include the HIPAA Privacy Notice, which informs patients about their rights regarding their health information, and the HIPAA Authorization Form, which allows patients to authorize the use and disclosure of their PHI for specific purposes. Ensuring proper completion and maintenance of these HIPAA forms is essential for maintaining compliance with the law and safeguarding patients' privacy and rights.

[elosunshine]

I hate filling out intake assessment forms.  I’m doing one for PT right now (a requirement in order to get authorization for the MRI so I can continue the established treatment I had before switching to this insurance company that the poorly informed sales reps said I could continue because it’s a transition of care).  The PT prescription is for my lumbar back so I have to fill out the “Oswetry back disability index”

Instructions say its to help the therapist understand how my back pain affects my ability to manage everyday life and to ONLY mark one box. 

When you have multiple sources of chronic pain, the back specifically may not be the only or most limiting factor, but marking boxes strictly related to my back gives a very false sense of my ability to manage in everyday life.  For instance, it’s not because of my back that I use a cane, but not marking the box that says I walk with a cane is completely false. What do I do?  Especially if this is one of the tools used to justify to the insurance company anything in the future...

I hate questions about my social life. The pain is the initial limiting reason for my social life, which then spiraled into me moving back in with my mom away from my life in NYC, and now eventually 1200 miles away.  What’s the appropriate box for this one?

Also, I can be a bit sassy when they ask my goals for therapy at this time.  My response:  satisfy insurance so I can resume my established treatment regimen.  Decreased pain is a bonus.

Oh, and I love the pain diagram.  I chose florescent colors to layer over the 4 views of the person instead of the symbols they chose for my different types of pain, or my other go-to, which is just circling the whole diagram.

I hope the therapist is nice and familiar with the reason I chose this particular facility in the first place.

[ukftm]

I'm on t, should I put down Male on forms, like dr forms, etc? Thank you!

As far as I know, yes (though it may be relevant to disclose your transition at times, it’s not normally important to do so on forms). Has anyone been told differently?

~ James