Mary, a medical coder, overhears her coworker, Jason, making disparaging remarks and acting with a disdainful attitude about a p
atient of a different ethnicity. Mary feels very uncomfortable by Jason's remarks, and she worries that the patient will overhear his comments. She decides to speak privately with Jason about his behavior, but he becomes very angry and yells at her for sticking her nose in other people's business. Mary feels she has no other choice than to talk to her manager about the situation. Did she make the right choice?
Her coworker should not be making discriminatory statements about patients and if speaking about a patient to other coworkers he could violate HIPAA. Mary should report this behavior to her supervisor for those reasons.
