Department Head Hot Hipaa Topic Presentation

This document discusses several celebrity medical privacy breaches that increased awareness of HIPAA. It summarizes incidents where UCLA fired 13 employees for accessing Britney Spears' records without authorization, one employee was indicted for snooping in records and selling the information, 27 of George Clooney's medical workers accessed his records without treating him, and a CNN report of 23 employees at another facility being investigated under HIPAA with 15 being fired. The document concludes by noting 5 privacy incidents at its own facility over the past year with 3 terminations and 2 requiring counseling.