franknsteiner
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?
I am in Louisiana.....My supervisor created several "training documents" that included real patient information including social security numbers and diagnosis codes, etc, and distributed the documents to various people and offices, as well as posted them on a public intranet folder. When I brought the HIPAA privacy violation to her attention on 3 seperate occasions, she seemed indifferent. Our Administrator went so far as to say that he was not concerned with HIPAA. I filed complaints with the DOJ Office of Civil Rights for the 13 people who were violated, and then I was terminated with no reason given. I was 6 days from one year of employment with this organization and have accrued over 80 hours vacation time. They refuse to pay citing my not meeting one year of employment.
Can they do this leagally?
I am in Louisiana.....My supervisor created several "training documents" that included real patient information including social security numbers and diagnosis codes, etc, and distributed the documents to various people and offices, as well as posted them on a public intranet folder. When I brought the HIPAA privacy violation to her attention on 3 seperate occasions, she seemed indifferent. Our Administrator went so far as to say that he was not concerned with HIPAA. I filed complaints with the DOJ Office of Civil Rights for the 13 people who were violated, and then I was terminated with no reason given. I was 6 days from one year of employment with this organization and have accrued over 80 hours vacation time. They refuse to pay citing my not meeting one year of employment.
Can they do this leagally?