tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2019 Issue 8

Industry Note: Patient Coordinator Pleads Guilty for HIPAA Violation

Under HIPAA, covered entities (CEs) are responsible for ensuring that their patients’ protected health information (PHI) is safe and secure. But sometimes staff don’t know the rules and seek access to information out of curiosity or even malice. A recent case highlights why poking into medical records is a bad idea. Background: Last month, Linda Sue Kalina pled guilty to the wrongful disclosure of two patients’ PHI, indicates a Department of Justice (DOJ) release. Between March 2016 and June 2017, Kalina worked as the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) patient information coordinator. During that time period, she...

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