Hospital Pays Fine for Disclosing Patient PHI to Reporter

HHS HIPAA Settlement With Yonkers, NY Facility Also Includes Corrective Action
Federal regulators have smacked a New York medical center with an $80,000 penalty as part of a settlement for a HIPAA privacy breach involving the information of three patients that was exposed to a reporter and distributed nationally during press coverage in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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