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Under investigation; Hospitals may be liable for record sales.

Publication: Modern Healthcare
Publication Date: 15-SEP-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Under investigation; Hospitals may be liable for record sales.(The Week in Healthcare)

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Byline: Mark Taylor

Houston hospitals and their employees who allegedly sold confidential patient information that ended up in the hands of personal injury lawyers may face civil and criminal liability under federal patient privacy laws, healthcare lawyers said.

To date, no criminal charges have been filed under the patient privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act since it went into effect in April. HHS' Office for Civil Rights, the agency charged with civil enforcement of HIPAA privacy provisions, has resolved nearly one-quarter of the 1,700 HIPAA-related complaints filed so far, but no civil monetary penalties have been assessed, an HHS spokesman said.

Last week, health lawyers and HIPAA experts predicted that could soon change and said an...

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