With fines upward 1 million per HIPPA violation, I guarantee the hospital did not disclose that the woman's hospitalization was unrelated to the reported event. They would not even disclose to a member of the police dept without a court order or Patient permission. That statement by the reporter was conjecture. He/She could not have gained that information from a reliable source. I can't imagine that a woman would report a home invasion, burglary, beating, rape and then just happened to require hospitalization immediately afterward without it being related. Defies belief!
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