The federal government has fined a Phoenix and Prescott cardiac surgeon medical practice $100,000 for posting patients' clinical and surgical appointment information on an Internet calendar that was available to the public. This constitutes a severe breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, according to a Phoenix Medical Malpractice Lawyer familiar with the case.
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery has agreed to pay the penalty to settle the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations and take steps to safeguard the health information of its patients, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The HHS investigation found that Phoenix Cardiac Surgery didn't have policies and procedures to safeguard patient information and had few safeguards to protect patients' electronic health information.
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery also didn't document that it trained employees for privacy and security rules, conduct a risk analysis or identify a security official.
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