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Sailor Daughter's Upcoming Surgery
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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Your daughter needs to fill out a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to allow you to talk to the doctors. Make dang sure she fills one out. Secondly, it's always good to have her do a General or Special Power of Attoney (POA) so you can do things for her. Truly, every recruit should have one, just so you can take care of their stuff while in training. Remember, they are adult now, and no one is allowed to talk about their business without proper paperwork.
Here is the form she needs to fill out. They should have them there, but if they don't:
https://www.highmarkmedicareservices.com/partb/forms/pdf/hipaa-auth...
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Permalink Reply by LemonBasil on
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Thank you! The POA is taken car of. I'll have to text her about the HIPPAA. Good to know!
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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If your daughter is on the training base and not the recruit base she can talk to you when ever she wants. As long as she isn't in school or on duty, so I am not sure why you say she has limited talk time.
She will be the one to give you details about the surgery when it is over.
Her surgery will be done at the VA right outside the base. Tonsillectomy is a common surgery.
Was your daughter in Dive/EOD prep school?
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Yes, she was in Dive/EOD prep school. Do you know her? Thank you for your response and this valuable information. It is valuable for me. I requested her to fill out an HIPAA form for me as well, to allow me to speak with teh doctor(s) if necessary.
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When she goes to school on Monday have her talk to the HMCS (Senior Chief Corpsman) over at the school house and ask him about that paper work, or when she goes to medical (as long as it is before the surgery).
I don't know your daughter, I know of your daughter. Not in a bad way, lol!
Just so you know the staff up here visit's students when they are in the hospital, and when they go back to the barracks they are well taken care of. Understand most of the staff up here is parents, and we really do care about all the students up here. I know the Chief and the rest of the staff in the barracks your daughter lives in (along with the rest of the barracks) and they are always concered when someone goes in for surgery. I know it is different as you want to be there for her, but one of us being there for her is the next best thing.
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Thank you again, Angie. You've help put my mind at ease.
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Sorry meant when she goes to the school house on Tue as I forgot today is a holiday.
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Andrea here is a group that may help you connect with other EOD N4M's http://www.navyformoms.com/group/eod
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here is another one http://www.navyformoms.com/group/momsofnavydivers
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Thank you, Jessica.
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