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HI135 Legal Aspects of Health Information
Ethics and Values in Healthcare – Part I
Conduct an Internet search to find cases where an organization or individual has been penalized for improperly accessing patient information. There have been several cases of protected health information (PHI) breaches of celebrities and other high-profile individuals. Once you have completed your search and identified some examples of breaches, share your findings with the class as well as the penalties for the PHI breaches.
CLASSMATE POST #3
The following breach occurred in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts in 2011. A Warner Chilcott pharmaceutical sales representative was allowed by Dr. Rita Luthra to have access to the personal medical information of her patients. Dr. Luthra a gynecologist, allowed this illegal act to continue from January 2011 to November of 2011. Dr. Luthra provided gynecological services to the patients in the low-income population of Springfield. In the suit, it is stated that Dr. Luthra was paid over $23,000 for recommending medication for osteoporosis but she stated that she was paid for holding meetings in her office and gave speeches and also for writing a research paper that was not finished.
Dr. Luthra was accused of giving the Warner Chilcott representative access to the patient’s information so that pre-authorization forms for health insurance companies that were not authorizations for the prescriptions of the osteoporosis medications that were promoted by Warner Chilcott. She also insisted that her assistant lies to the investigators about the situation. Dr. Luthra broke the law and HIPAA privacy rule and she can no longer practice as a physician, she could have been given six years in prison, a year of being monitored when paroled, $50,000 to $300,000 fine for the breach, and $250,000 for obstructing the investigation. Dr. Luthra instead received a year of probation (HealthITSecurity, ).
HealthItSecurity (21 September 2018). MA physician gets 1-year probation for criminal HIPAA violation. Retrieved from https://healthitsecurity.com/news/ma-physician-gets-1-year-probation-for-criminal-hipaa-violation
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CLASSMATE POST #4
On June 25, 2009, musician Michael Jackson passed away due a drug overdose at his home in Los Angeles. Jackson’s body was taken to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. While at the hospital and after his passing, for five days the staff of the hospital inappropriately accessed Jacksons medical records (Money, 2020). There were approximately 6 employees who were charged with the breach of HIPAA by accessing medical records. Within two weeks of his passing, his death certificate was viewed more than 300 times. This included medical students, contractors, and employees who were terminated from their positions. The Hospital faced a $95,000 fine for these privacy violations by the California Department of Public Health for this incident. In 2011, UCLA Health System had agreed to pay total fines of $865, 000 to settle these and other violations at three hospitals.
While under the care of his physician, Dr. Arnold Klein, reported that Jackson’s phi was seriously violated. He reported that Jackson’s attorneys, an employee, and his accountant released his entire medical chart without proper permission. Due to this violation, Dr. Klein states that it caused his practice to incur damages such as loss of patients and trust. With this breach, it has given the media free access to Jackson’s private medical information (Money, 2020).
Reference:
Money, M. 2020 February 4. The Ultimate List of Celebrity HIPAA Violations. Retrieved from: https://etactics.com/blog/celebrity-hipaa-violations
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