HHS Office of Civil Rights Reaches Settlement with New Jersey Health Care Provider Who Disclosed PHI in Response to Negative Online Reviews

New Jersey Psychiatric Practice Pays $30,000 to Resolve Complaint About Inadmissible Disclosure of Protected Health Information by Disclosing This Information in Online Review Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an agreement with Manasa Health Center, LLC, a health care provider in New Jersey that provides psychiatric services for adults and children. Settlement resolves a complaint OCR received in April 2020 alleging that Manasa Health Center inadmissiblely disclosed a patient’s PHI when the entity posted a response to the patient’s…

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