Guilty Plea in Rare HIPAA Criminal Case

The Department of Justice says Linda Sue Kalina, 61, pleaded guilty in a Pittsburgh federal court to one count of unlawfully disclosing patient information.Kalina had been indicted by a federal grand jury last June on six counts, including wrongfully obtaining and disclosing health information in violation of HIPAA, and wrongfully disclosing health information with the intent to cause malicious harm.Prosecutors say Kalina worked from March 7, 2016, through June 23, 2017, as a patient information coordinator at UPMC and its...