Anna Watson, a college student of 20 years old, arrived at the hospital to schedule an appointment with Dr. Grany, who h

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Anna Watson, a college student of 20 years old, arrived at the hospital to schedule an appointment with Dr. Grany, who has been both her mother and elder sister's primary care physician for many years. Even though they have already had a lengthy conversation regarding the potential drawbacks and advantages of each method of birth control, she is still interested in obtaining a prescription for birth control tablets. After handing the patient the prescription, the physician promptly requested that Anna set up a follow-up visit for six months later. After Anna had finished her business with the front desk, she communicated to the billing office that she did not wish for this visit to be billed to her mother's insurance company. Instead, she planned to foot the bill for the trip herself. Jenna requested that the bill be delivered to her at her school's address. A little over two weeks later, Mrs. Watson went in for her regularly scheduled checkup at the medical centre. Then all of a sudden, Dr. Strick had gone on and on until Mrs. Peterson insisted that she had a right to know why Anna was seen. Dr. Strick had gone on and on. She made a quick detour through the billing office on the way out, and while she was there, the insurance clerk verified that the claim was accurate. Anna Watson's right was certainly violated, and it appears that Dr. Grant and her billing office were responsible. Anna made an initial threat to sue the practise for violating patient confidentiality, failing to comply with HIPAA regulations, and causing her severe anguish. She took both of them to court and charged them with violating the privacy provisions of HIPAA. Questions 1. Explain the HIPAA Security Rule and its limitations. 2. Explain the duty of the physician in this scenario. 3. Based on the given case study, what would be the result of unauthorized disclosure?