Top HIPAA violators: Is your healthcare provider on this list?

by Jared Bilski

An employee who posted a veteran’s confidential medical information on Facebook and talked about the info with her friends is just one of the hundreds of complaints that helped this organization earn the top spot on the list of top HIPAA violators.

The organization that earned the most HIPAA complaints was none other than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The provider racked up an impressive 220 complaints over the past four years, according to research by the nonprofit ProPublica.

Other top offenders

Rounding out the list of the top 10 violators:

• CVS Health (204 complaints)
• Walgreens (183)
• Kaiser Permanente (146)
• Walmart (71)

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