Posted on 03/09/2019 11:30:04 AM PST by rktman
“Because the records belonged to a person of color not an old white guy. “
Years ago I dated a nurse who told me that the nurses and doctors kept records of the penis length of every corpse that came in. The record was a black WWII vet. A nurse took his penis and wrapped it around his leg and it touched itself on the other side.
There was a brouhaha at my college when the students took to hiding severed heads in each other’s lockers, cabinets or desks. (All of this took place in the dark times of the mid seventies.)
The initial reports were that black guys got fired, but the fellow scape-goated was white.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30324/exclusive-lawsuit-alleges-aramark-corp-wrongfully-paul-bois
The IT network folks are going to be sued for inappropriate permissions to access information.
It says “may have been fired”.
The VA sure does this.
HIPAA.
If you don’t fire your employees that violate HIPPA the fines will take you right out of business. Heck they still might get fined out of business.
Found this on the net
For a HIPAA violation to be considered criminal, the person who committed the violation must have done so willingly, knowing the implications of divulging the patient information. Like the HIPAA civil penalties, there are different levels of severity for criminal violations. The minimum penalty is $50,000 and up to one year in jail. Violations committed under false pretenses require a penalty of $100,000 and up to five years in prison. The most severe penalty is enforced in cases where the intent was to sell, transfer or use patient information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm. This type of violation is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and up to 10 years of jail time.
For an in-depth definition of these penalties, read more on HHS.gov.
Because HIPPA fines can go up to $1.5 million per violation, and each improper record access is a violation. This could be a $75 million fine for the hospital. Their only recourse is to scorch the earth and hope that shows institutional regret and the fines are small.
Ever wonder why Trump’s taxes have not been leaked? Or the taxes of pretty much anyone else with a high profile.
Well, with the IRS, when you have higher and higher profile people, you need more and more people to authorize access. When you get to Trump, it probably takes 10 people, including higher management, of course, to approve someone new wanting to look at his taxes. And if you do ask for access, you sure as hell better have a good reason for it, since any of those 10 people could probably start termination proceedings against you if you don’t (and I doubt that more than 2 or 3 are even authorized today...and obviously they don’t feel it’s worth being fired and jailed to go to bat for Hillary).
Like it or not, they do have a good system there. This STUPID HOSPITAL, and I’m sure most others, could learn a thing or two from the IRS.
One other thought - I do wonder if the peeping toms were limited to 50 people, or maybe they just didn’t like those 50 people. Either way, that is still a boatload of people to fire at once. Look for class action.
Can President Trmp hire the person responsible for this mass firing to be in charge of securith at the IRS? They could use a mass firing for general nosiness in taxpayers’ files.
And that could result in your losing your job in ten or fifteen years!
I hear you, but probably not for doing that - I’m sure they’ll move quickly. It’s not like Hillary’s server there.
Or a hospital will be closing after the consequences of a heavy self inflicted labor shortage come to light.
So much for my post about hiring the mass firer for the IRS. It is good to hear if privacy at the IRS is handled that seriously.
I bet you're right. I'm sure they can move damn fast when the politics favor it.
They had scandals in the past when people would rifle though their neighbor’s taxes, but that was over 10 years ago. I haven’t heard of anything since.
Seems a bit excessive. Why not suspend them without pay for a short time, fire anyone who was supervisory who had knowledge or opportunity to stop it?
Plus, no one ever fired the mystery nurse with the Richard Gere rodent story, hey.
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