By now, most people are aware of a statement by AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong that blamed employee benefits cuts on two “distressed babies” where the health plan had paid out one million dollars each for the babies’ care.
His comments were disturbing on a number of levels, but did his statement violate HIPAA’s Privacy Rule? Lawyer Jeff Drummond doesn’t think so, but I agree with Kirk Nahra’s comments that it depends on a number of factors.