Your Medical Privacy Rights and Remedies.
HIPAA and federal regulations provide significant protections for a patient and provide rights to patients that protects the confidentiality of their health information. Federal employees also have protection of such information through another statute, known as the Federal Privacy Act, which provides additional remedies for privacy violations. If you believe any of your rights protected by HIPAA’s Privacy Rule have been violated, you should immediately file a complaint both with the entity who you believe violated your rights and the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights.
In addition to Federal regulations, Florida has several statutes which provide legal protections for a patient’s protected health information. While HIPAA and Florida laws which protect patients’ medical privacy rights provide no cause of action, it does not matter. Florida has long recognized that statutes and regulations can be used with common law negligence claims as the standard of care and as evidence of negligence.
Learn more to find out if you may have a claim against someone who wrongfully disclosed your protected health information.
