SCIF Foe Invites Congressional Probe

California injured worker Larry Nign, whose battle with State Compensation Insurance Fund is documented for TV in "Almost Broken," wrote a high-ranking senator asking that Congress investigate alleged wholesale violations of patient medical-records privacy law. In a June 21 letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Judd Gregg, Nigh described "sluggish" enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that in Nigh's opinion, was pervasive enough to merit investigation action by Congress. "It may be appropriate to consider Congres...