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Feds Fine Mental Health Clinic $100K in 2020 HIPAA Case

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LA County Clinic Delayed Access to Patient's Medical Records During Pandemic Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 20, 2024

HHS OCR has fined the Rio Hondo Community Mental Health Center, which is operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, $100,000 in a HIPAA patient right-of-access dispute (Image: LA County Department of Mental Health)

Federal regulators have fined a Los Angeles county mental health clinic $100,000 for failure to provide a patient with timely access to her requested health records. The patient's initial request came on the eve of California's COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

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The case against Rio Hondo Community Mental Health Center - which is operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health - is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' 51st enforcement action in a dispute involving the ...


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