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Shredding Could Easily Have Stopped Possible Violation of HIPAA Laws in California.

Private medical records (which were not shredded) were found in a dumpster next to a doctor’s office in Laguna Hills, Orange County, California. The papers contained easily readable confidential patient information and Social Security numbers. There is no evidence that the medical records were properly shredded by a professional shredding company.  Officials stated that this could be a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which addresses procedures for discarding medical records including shredding by a shredding company.
 The doctor stated that he was aware of the guidelines for proper disposal of medical records and that his office does not dump records in the trash. The question remains as to how the medical records for his practice were found in the trash and were not shredded.  Shredding companies haul away shredded medical records and recycle them with the shredded material of hundreds of other businesses.

  • The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human services closed 2,110 complaints regarding possible HIPAA violations in California in the year 2007.
  • 477 of those cases were investigated and 273 required corrective action.
  • Obtaining or disclosing identifiable personal information can result in fines of $50,000, $100,000, or $250,000 and possible imprisonment.

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