tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 26

HIPAA: Facility Pays $865,500 Fine After Staffers Peeked at Patient Health Records

You don't need celebrity patients to learn from this HIPAA mistake.If you knew Brad Pitt was getting medical treatment at your location, would you peek at his files? How about your ex-husband's new wife? Or your estranged sister? No matter whose records you're reviewing, it's illegal to take that peek unless you have a medically necessary reason to be doing so.That was a very expensive lesson that the University of California at Los Angeles Health System (UCLAHS) learned recently after agreeing to settle potential violations of the HIPAA rule for $865,500.At issue: When two celebrity...

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