New here, just looking to talk

I don't think I could ever be brave enough to disclose my diagnosis at work. My teen is 15 and a girl. I am very proud of her and honestly, she's my reason for living right now.

I was hospitalized and by the end of the month I owed $100,000. This amount had to be approved by the President of the company before the benefit paid for my hospital stay. He held up the payment of the bill for a couple weeks until he decided to authorize this. So the President of the company knew I was in a psychiatric hospital due to the explaination of this bill. As you can see, this went beyond keeping the information secret within HRD. So you can see that this can happen with a self-insured company, at least in my case.

PS Despite this he and the Chairman of the Board hired me back to direct the effort to get the company out of a major crisis. They trusted me despite my previous visit to the psych hospital and what this implied.

Welcome to PC !

Great advice given.

That, and you'd have their yarbles under your heels if they ever used your HIPAA info against you.