Ambulance chasing just took a reckless turn -- at the intersection of healthcare and the law.
A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee over the past two years, and selling them to a lawyer suspected of soliciting the patients to file personal-injury claims.
Ruben E. Rodriguez allegedly paid JMH ultrasound technician Rebecca Garcia $1,000 a month for the hospital records of hundreds of patients treated for slip-and-fall accidents, car-crash injuries, gunshot wounds and stabbings, federal authorities said.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Hospital patients' private records allegedly sold to Miami-Dade lawyer
The Miami Herald reports:
