Re: HIPAA VIOLATION

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Kareem clemons was dating joseph vereen at that time but due to
the fact joseph broke up the relationship and joseph didnt give
Kareem monetary help. he broke in and took the paper out of his
car and framed mr. vereen and thats why no fother actions was
taken place on the city empolyee
josephand On 2/06/07, Kareem J Clemons wrote:
> City of Newark and Employees Violate Federal Health Laws
>
> On Friday, February 2, 2007, the City of Newark and the City
> Department of Health and Human Services were informed of serious
> violations of the Health Insurance Portability and
> Accountability Act (HIPAA).
>
> An anonymous caller, now identified as Kareem Clemons, contacted
> the Newark Department of Health to inquire about the safety of
> his information should he receive services through the
> department. He was assured by a city employee who identified
> herself as “Sonya” that his health information is safely secured
> by the City. Clemons further inquired about an employee’s
> ability to remove medical or health files from the health
> unit. “Sonya” further assured Clemons that no employee was
> permitted to remove files from the facility.
>
> Clemons informed Sonya that he was in possession of over 35
> health cases for clients that have been treated by the City’s
> health clinic for various venereal diseases. After Sonya
> confirmed the cases were in fact the City of Newark’s, she
> encouraged Clemons to meet her at Irvington Motor Vehicle
> Commission so that she could “retrieve the files and discard
> them.” Feeling extremely uneasy with the department’s attempt
> to cover-up the violation of HIPAA laws and Sonya’s unkempt
> demeanor, Clemons contacted Mayor Cory Booker’s office.
>
> Clemons met with Booker’s assistant, Dawn, who retrieved the
> files with a business card identifying city employee Joseph
> Vereen as the Senior Health Investigator. Clemons requested an
> investigation take place to ensure that this does not occur
> again. Booker’s assistant informed Clemons that he was
> incriminating himself by reporting this information and that he
> could not remain anonymous. Later contradicting herself, Dawn
> assured Clemons he would remain anonymous and that an
> investigation would take place. Now concerned with the city’s
> lack of action and the fact that exactly 39 clients’ information
> including diagnosis, assessments, social security number and
> other confidential and identifying information was made public
> by the city employee’s failure to ensure safeguards made
> possible by HIPAA, Clemons comes forward with his story.
>
> For additional information, please contact Kareem Clemons at
> kareemclemons@yahoo.com or 862-849-5952. Additionally, Mr.
> Clemons may be contacted at 973-351-5000.