Philadelphia allowed unqualified “college kids” to distribute COVID-19 vaccine, they stole does and turned away elderlies who had signed up for vaccination
https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/covid-1 ... -disaster/
Despite housing some of the most reputed hospitals and medical institutions in the country, Philadelphia appointed a start-up ‘Philly Fighting COVID’, a self-described “group of college kids”, with hardly any health-care experience, to set up and manage the city’s first and largest coronavirus mass vaccination site.
The result was not surprising—a failure of epic proportions. Elderlies were left with teary-eyed when they realised that the forms that they had filled to receive the vaccines won’t be honoured.
The group had discreetly switched to a for-profit model without publicising the change. Besides, it also added changes in privacy policies that would allow it to sell users’ personal data. One of the volunteers alleged that the 22-year-old CEO of the 9-months-old start-up pocketed vaccine doses. Another one claimed it was a free-for-all where vaccines were up for grabs for the volunteers who injected each other and posed for photos.
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Wonder if those idiots (JR won’t let me post what I really think) are aware of these. With my job, I sure as heck am, because some of those penalties are on me PERSONALLY.
Penalties for civil violations
HIPAA violation: Unknowing
Penalty range: $100 - $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $25,000 for repeat violations
HIPAA violation: Reasonable Cause
Penalty range: $1,000 - $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $100,000 for repeat violations
HIPAA violation: Willful neglect but violation is corrected within the required time period
Penalty range: $10,000 - $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $250,000 for repeat violations
HIPAA violation: Willful neglect and is not corrected within required time period
Penalty range: $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $1.5 million
Criminal penalties
Criminal violations of HIPAA are handled by the DOJ. As with the HIPAA civil penalties, there are different levels of severity for criminal violations.
Covered entities and specified individuals, as explained below, who “knowingly” obtain or disclose individually identifiable health information, in violation of the Administrative Simplification Regulations, face a fine of up to $50,000, as well as imprisonment up to 1 year.
Offenses committed under false pretenses allow penalties to be increased to a $100,000 fine, with up to 5 years in prison.
Finally, offenses committed with the intent to sell, transfer or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain or malicious harm permit fines of $250,000 and imprisonment up to 10 years.
This is the height of irresponsible stupidity. Who made this decision? Was this some sort of SJ decision?
That link went to a different story.
I wonder if the “college kids” who were running the vaccine centers in Philadelphia are some of same people who were running the big arenas for counting the votes. Sounds like a similar level of integrity.
That is just....
I can’t even...
AAAAARRRRRRRRGH!
When in the BLOODY HELL will we say we’ve had ENOUGH???