http://www.dannamckitrick.com/articles/2009/09/the-new-security-breach-notification-rule/ Articles on law-related topics by Danna McKitrick's attorneys Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.dannamckitrick.com/articles/2009/09/the-new-security-breach-notification-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jimmy Wong Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:41:43 +0000 http://www.dannamckitrick.com/articles/?p=608#comment-34 In NYS , if a hospital administration learns that an employee has been willfully and wrongfully destoying medical records of hospitalized patients , is the hospital administration REQUIRED to report that conduct to an authoritative government body , under HIPAA or ANY other law? If yes , who would that authoritative government body be? Can the hospital administration simply discipline the employee privately without reporting the incident to an authoritative government body? In NYS , if a hospital administration learns that an employee has been willfully and wrongfully destoying medical records of hospitalized patients , is the hospital administration REQUIRED to report that conduct to an authoritative government body , under HIPAA or ANY other law?
If yes , who would that authoritative government body be?
Can the hospital administration simply discipline the employee privately without reporting the incident to an authoritative government body?

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