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Originally Posted by LoriAnn
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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Go back and read the article that Gracie posted. It was the police, not the hospital, who reported that the woman was transported to the hospital for reasons other than her injuries. The police are not subject to HIPPA, I don't believe.