> HIPAA pertains to PHI and PII (protected health information and personally identifiable information, respectively). The fact of your office visit is not either of those if it's not linked to health information (labs, medical records, notes, itemized bills).

False. Directly from HHS, emphasis mine:

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-reg...

“Individually identifiable health information” is information, including demographic data, that relates to:

* the individual’s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition,

* the provision of health care to the individual, or

* the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual,