Holy Redeemer Hospital Fined $35,581 Over Disclosure of Patient’s Protected Health Information, Including Reproductive Health Information by HHS Office for Civil Rights
NuLLFiXThe settlement highlights the importance of safeguarding the privacy of PHI, including reproductive health information. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Holy Redeemer Family Medicine (Holy Redeemer), a Pennsylvania hospital, regarding an alleged violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. The violation involved the impermissible disclosure of a female patient’s protected health information, including details related to reproductive health care. OCR enforces the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, which set the standards that covered entities (such as health plans, [...]