By Martha Alvarez
Centinela Hospital, Inglewood
An LA Times column has revealed that Prime Healthcare hospital directors didn’t like what a patient said about their hospital so they brought her private medical records to the local newspaper.
Yes, you read that correctly. If you violated HIPAA what would happen? No one messes with HIPAA . . . except Prime Healthcare.
Read the LA Times column here.
There’s something quick you can do to blow the whistle on Prime. Please contact Linda Whitney, executive director of the Medical Board of California, at (916) 263-2389 or lwhitney@mbc.ca.gov. Tell her to investigate the HIPAA violations and potential fraud committed by Prime Healthcare.