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Shark Attack Victim Suing Hospital for HIPAA Violations

September 22, 2010 by melanierivera

Two years after he survived a shark attack, Todd Murashige is suing a Honolulu, HI hospital for violating his privacy under the HIPAA act because staff at the hospital photographed his severely bitten leg and posted the images on the Internet without his permission. Todd Murashige was attacked by what was believed to be a … [Read more…]

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Rite Aid to Pay $1 Million to Atone for Their HIPAA Sins

July 27, 2010 by melanierivera

If you are one of the thousands of HIPAA professionals who struggle every day to make their colleagues understand why all the finicky (and let’s face it sometimes downright annoying) HIPAA rules have to be followed to the letter here is yet another cautionary tale you can now use to back your arguments up. On … [Read more…]

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Connecticut AG and Healthnet Cut a Deal over HIPAA Security Breach

July 21, 2010 by melanierivera

Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal made a little bit of history back in January of this year when he became the first AG in the country to bring a HIPAA enforcement action, which he did against insurance giant Health Net. Now he has just made a little more by announcing he has brokered the … [Read more…]

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