Here is my discussion 2 for MHA690: HealthCare Capstone at Ashford University

1. Jessica Pribyl
MHA 690: Healthcare Capstone
Dr. Sherry Grover
July 19, 2012

2. Identified Problems with
UCLA Article

 Employees Accessing patient
charts
 Employees Communicating
about other patients in non
professional matter
 HIPAA privacy laws broken
 Patient Privacy Violated
 Breakdown in Regulations of
Electronic Medical Records

3. HIPAA-Patient
Privacy/Confidentiality

 Helps protect patients personal and sensitive data
 Anyone working with personal health information must
ensure that necessary precautions are taken to help
protect the data and safety of the individual.
 HIPAA privacy law, “addresses the saving, accessing and
sharing of medical and personal information of any
individual, while the HIPAA Security Rule more
specifically outlines national security standards to protect
health data created, received, maintained or transmitted
electronically, also known as electronic protected health
information” (“What is”, 2012).

4. Punishments for
Breaking HIPAA Laws

 Vary based off of State
Regulations
 Internal and External Penalties
depending on Severity
 Fired from employment
 Infractions are going to depend
on severity and if employee
committed the situation
knowingly or by accident

5. HIPAA Violation Penalties
HIPAA Violation Minimum Penalty Maximum Penalty
Individual did not know $100 per violation, with an annual $50,000 per violation,
(and by exercising maximum of $25,000 for repeat with an annual
reasonable diligence violations (Note: maximum that maximum of $1.5 million
would not have known) can be imposed by State Attorneys
that he/she violated General regardless of the type of
HIPAA violation)
HIPAA violation due to $1,000 per violation, with an $50,000 per violation,
reasonable cause and not annual maximum of $100,000 for with an annual
due to willful neglect repeat violations maximum of $1.5 million
HIPAA violation due to $10,000 per violation, with an $50,000 per violation,
willful neglect but annual maximum of $250,000 for with an annual
violation is corrected repeat violations maximum of $1.5 million
within the required time
period
HIPAA violation is due to $50,000 per violation, with an $50,000 per violation,
willful neglect and is not annual maximum of $1.5 million with an annual
corrected maximum of $1.5 million

6. Employees affected by
HIPAA Privacy Laws

Nurses
Doctors
X-Ray Technicians
Administrators
Secretaries
Medical Assistants
Therapists

7. Training Tools
 Role Playing

 Interactive Situation Events
 Training Classes on Email communication
 Review about Privacy Laws and
Regulation
 Reminders of your organizations
standards and rules

8. References

 HIPAA violations and enforcements. (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/solutions-
managing-your-practice/coding-billing-insurance/hipaahealth-
insurance-portability-accountability-act/hipaa-violations-
enforcement.page
 What is HIPAA Compliance?. (2012). Retrieved from:
 http://www.onlinetech.com/secure-hosting/hipaa-compliant-
hosting/resources/what-is-hipaa-compliance