Memphis, TN – A federal grand jury has indicted five former Methodist Hospital Employees for conspiring with Roderick Harvey, 40, to unlawfully disclose patient information in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, commonly known as “HIPAA.”
United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the indictment on November 10th 2022.
Once he received the information, the indictment explained, Harvey sold it to third parties such as personal injury attorneys and chiropractors.
The press release outlined that HIPAA was enacted by Congress in 1996, with the purpose to make it a crime to disclose patient information, or to obtain patient information with the intent to sell, or use it for perianal gain.
The Attorney Carroll L. André III, who is prosecuting the case, has been assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
