tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 34

Enforcement Watch: Yes, You Can Do Time For HIPAA Violations

Watch for more prison sentences for privacy rule abuses.Wake up, providers: Since its inception in 2003, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has never resulted in a criminal conviction - until now.According to prosecutors, former Seattle Cancer Care Alliance employee Richard Gibson pleaded guilty Aug. 19 to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information for economic gain - and is expected to serve 10 to 16 months imprisonment.Gibson admitted that while working at SCCA he obtained a cancer patient's name, date of birth and Social Security number, and used the information to get four credit...

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