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Originally Posted by Gizmo
No they both broke hippa.
After looking into it more, I'm almost sure you're wrong. But I suppose you could convince me if you could explain it further.
If the Trump's doc has no official relationship with Hilary (not in the same group as Hilary's doc, not employed by the same hospital, etc), then he is not a "covered entity" as defined in the law with respect to her information. The person that tells Trump's doc is violating HIPAA. Trump's doc revealing what he was told while dickish and likely unethical is not a HIPAA violation per se. When the fines get handed down, he's not going to be paying anything.
Think of this this way. If Hilary's doc tells a random homeless man Hilary's medical history and the random homeless man tells a bunch of people, is the random homeless man violating HIPAA. Obviously not, because he is not a "covered entity". Now substitute random doctor for random homeless man. It doesn't change anything so long as the doctor has no official relationship with Hilary.
As far as I know, Trump's doc does not have any official relationship with Hilary (even if he is a business associate of Hilary's doc in some capacity, that would likely be enough). If he does, then he is violating HIPAA. Absent that, I can't see how he is.
Last edited by Melkerson; 08-31-2016 at 02:12 AM.