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Parkview Health To Pay $800k HIPAA Violation Settlement

by Jasmine Pennic 06/23/2014 Leave a Comment

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Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to pay $800,000 in HIPAA violation settlement in medical records dumping case, according to the HHS. In addition to the $800,000 resolution amount, the settlement includes a corrective action plan requiring Parkview to revise their policies and procedures, train staff, and provide an implementation report to OCR.  Parkview is a nonprofit health care system that provides community-based health care services to individuals in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.

Timeline of Events

– OCR opened an investigation after receiving a complaint from a retiring physician alleging that Parkview had violated the HIPAA Privacy Rule. 

– In September 2008, Parkview took custody of medical records pertaining to approximately 5,000 to 8,000 patients while assisting the retiring physician to transition her patients to new providers, and while considering the possibility of purchasing some of the physician’s practice. 

– On June 4, 2009, Parkview employees, with notice that the physician was not at home, left 71 cardboard boxes of these medical records unattended and accessible to unauthorized persons on the driveway of the physician’s home, within 20 feet of the public road and a short distance away from a heavily trafficked public shopping venue.

HIPAA Privacy Rule

As a covered entity under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, Parkview must appropriately and reasonably safeguard all protected health information in its possession, from the time it is acquired through its disposition. Parkview cooperated with OCR throughout its investigation. 

“All too often we receive complaints of records being discarded or transferred in a manner that puts patient information at risk,” said Christina Heide, acting deputy director of health information privacy at OCR.  “It is imperative that HIPAA covered entities and their business associates protect patient information during its transfer and disposal.”

OCR offers helpful FAQs concerning HIPAA and the disposal of protected health information:  http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/disposalfaqs.pdf

The Resolution Agreement can be found on the OCR website at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/parkview.html 

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