[Solved]: HIM Case Study 6.32 Disciplinary Action: Assess the…

HIM Case Study 6.32 Disciplinary Action: Assess the following situations and determine the disciplinary action that should be taken in each circumstance and justify your response. 1. One of your best inpatient coders was found to have violated HIPAA by looking at a physician’s emergency department record. Investigation into that breach also found that he has accessed records of relatives and neighbors. 2. An audit of the file clerks has found that one clerk is making errors when filing loose sheets. They are not being incorporated into the correct chart. The same error was verbally addressed with the file clerk at her last performance evaluation two months ago. 3. On Saturday, your release of information clerk left the office open and unattended while she went to the restroom, which is against departmental policy. The nursing administrator on duty reported this to you as she had come to the office to request her recent lab results. The first 2 scenarios should have clear-cut responses