Community Healthcare Centerone, Inc. v. State

Petitioner Community Healthcare Cen-terone, Inc. (CHC) is a medical clinic in Fort Lauderdale which provides medical treatment to patients suffering from HIV and AIDS. Commcare Pharmacy, Inc. (Commcare) is a pharmacy which fills prescriptions primarily for patients being treated for HIV or AIDS and related conditions. In August 2002, the Office of Statewide Prosecutor executed search warrants charging criminal Medicaid fraud and seized the medical and pharmaceutical records of 134 patients from CHC and Commcare.

CHC, Commcare, and thirty-two patients appeal an order following a privacy hearing…