A Yonkers hospital to pay $80K for allegedly leaking COVID-19 patient data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced it has settled with the Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, New York, related to a charge of unlawful release of early COVID-19 patients’ protected health information to a national media outlet on April 20, 2020.

WHY IT MATTERS

According to a statement Monday, HHS said that it began investigating the hospital for a potential breach of the Health…