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Compliance and Enforcement

Case Examples Organized By Covered Entity

Topics on this page:

• General Hospitals
• Health Plans
• Outpatient Facility
• Pharmacies
• Private Practices

General Hospitals

• Large Provider Revises Process to Prevent Unauthorized Disclosures to Employers



• Public Hospital Corrects Impermissible Disclosure of Protected Health Information in Response to a Subpoena



• Large Provider Revises Patient Contact Process



• Large Health Care Provider Restricts Use of Patient Records

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Health Plans

• Large Medicaid Plan Corrects Vulnerability that Had Resulted in Wrongful Disclosure



• Health Plan Corrects Computer Flaw that Caused Mailing of EOBs to Wrong Persons



• Health Plan Corrects Impermissible Disclosure of Protected Health Information

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Outpatient Facility

• Outpatient Surgical Facility Corrects Privacy Procedure in Research Recruitment



• Clinic Sanctions Supervisor for Accessing Employee Medical Record

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Pharmacies

• Pharmacy Chain Institutes New Safeguards for Protected Health Information



• Pharmacy Chain Changes Process for Disclosures to Law Enforcement



• National Pharmacy Chain Extends Protections for Protected Health Information

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Private Practices

• Private Practice Revises Process to Provide Access to Records



• Private Practice Revises Process to Provide Access to Records



• Private Practice Revises Access Policy

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Last revised: May 20, 2008

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