Re: HIPAA VIOLATION
Posted by RCW on 1/28/07

On 1/27/07, employee wrote:
> A Medical Director, (employed by a hospital) of a
specialty
> clinic has the the responsibility of the overall running
> and building of a this clinic which is located inside the
> hospital building- an integrated health care facility. It
> came to the Medical director's attention that the clinic
> was not being used to capacity, as some docs (also
> employees of the hospital) were referring patients other
> institutions. To investigate one such case, the Medical
> director reviewed the records of a patient who was
referred
> to a similar specialty clinic of another institution, to
> ascertain the reason for the referral and underutilization
> of the services of the specialty clinic located within the
> hospital. The patient had not been seen by the medical
> director of this clinic for treatment or consult. When no
> valid reason was found for such a referral (eg, patient
> request, continuity of care if previously seen at other
> facility for the smae problem), the Medical Director
raised
> the concern of under-utilization of the specialty clinic
in
> a internal meeting so that this problem would cease if the
> issue of under-utilization was ackowledged and corrected.
>
> HIPAA provides for exceptions to the privacy rules for
> clinical treatment and certain healthcare administrative
> functions. Did the Medical Director commit a HIPAA
> violation?
>
>

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Posts on this thread, including this one

• HIPAA VIOLATION, 1/27/07, by employee.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 1/28/07, by RCW.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 1/29/07, by Carol.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 2/01/07, by Terry.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 2/01/07, by Gerald.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 2/06/07, by Kareem J Clemons.
• Re: A case of HIPAA VIOLATION, but by the client's attorney, 3/24/07, by Ms. Reecey.
• Re: A case of HIPAA VIOLATION, but by the client's attorney, 3/24/07, by Curmudgeon.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 12/30/07, by john white.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 1/06/08, by Jenn.
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 5/08/08, by JR..
• Re: HIPAA VIOLATION, 6/25/08, by Ron Copper (kareem's lawyer).
• Re: Up Date Info, 6/25/08, by Kareem J Clemons.