Filefax, Inc., a defunct Illinois medical records storage and management company, has been fined $100,000 for improperly handling medical data under an agreement with the court-appointed receiver managing the company’s assets on behalf of its creditors. This settlement has implications for both service providers and their covered entity clients. Fox Rothschild partners Elizabeth Litten and
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Dumpster Diving for PHI Exposes Business Associate (and Physician Practice) to Liability
By William Maruca on
Posted in Lawsuits, Privacy & Security
A Chicago record storage and disposal company has been named in a complaint filed by the Illinois Attorney General as a result of the negligent disposal of a medical practice’s patient records in an unlocked dumpster. The complaint alleges that FileFax, Inc. violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act by failing to…