Re: A case of HIPAA VIOLATION, but by the client's attorney

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In every case that my supervisor was unable to find a client file,
telephone number, or anything pertaining to some form of office
work it was always, someone else fault that she could not find it,
someone else was “stupid or dumb”, or someone “screwed” her. She
would have files and would have no idea where they were. She never
took responsibility for actions or as the owner of her company.
Once she was looking some of her clients personal files, she said
that she hoped they were not in her boyfriend‘s truck on their way
with him to where he was moving out of state. My supervisor has
very confidential information just tossed every where and none
under lock and key. My supervisor’s client personal filing system
consisted of ; files in the downstairs bathroom closet (the closet
is in the bathroom so that when you close the door you have full
unlimited/unlimited access to sit in there and look at what ever
you want), under the back desk in boxes on the 1st floor, in her
car, the trunk of her car, the trunk of her boyfriend’s car, in
the closet on the 2nd floor, in various desk drawers throughout
the office, and on the table in the conference room. My supervisor
did not try to keep her clients confidential information
confidential. She left client files that contained personal heath
information, financial information, Will, Trust, Estate Plans,
Social Security Number, family members health information, Death
Certificates, and clients blank checks just laying around the
office unattended. In the case of CLIENT XXX, my supervisor asked
the administrative assistant, her former administrative assistant,
to go the bank and get blank checks for CLIENT XXX account. the
administrative assistant brought the blank checks back to the
office and gave them to my supervisor. my supervisor placed the
blank checks on the credenza in the common area in the office and
later was unable to find them and a day or so later she had to go
and get more blank checks only after she called the administrative
assistant a liar as accused her of never getting the checks. She
often left confidential information on the front desk in an
unattended by the front door to the office during the day. The
office is an old house in what has been turned into a business
district, right off a very busy major street.

If this is a HIPPA violation please tell me what I would need to
do to report this.