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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

DELORIS SUMPTER, ET AL., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CRITTENDEN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, 

GENE CASHMAN, DAVID RAINES, BRAD 

MCCORMICK, CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE 

INSURANCE CO. AND CIGNA CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

RHONDA MICHELLE GOODFELLOW, 

on behalf of herself and all similarly situated 

persons, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EUGENE K. CASHMAN, JR.; JAMIE R. 

CARTER, JR.; DAVID G. BAYTOS; 

DAVID RAINES, JR.; W. BRAD 

MCCORMICK; JASON W. COLLARD; 

HERSCHEL F. OWENS; ANDREW 

LUTTRELL; DONNA B. LANIER; 

CAROL C. MCCORMACK; KEITH M. 

INGRAM; RANDALL CATT; DAVID 

FORD; THOMAS F. DONALDSON, JR.; 

WILLIAM JOHNSON; LANNIE L. 

LANCASTER; JULIO P. RUIZ; SHERRY 

L. LONDON; NESS S. SECHREST; 

RANDY R. SULLIVAN; LEVEN 

WILLIAMS; SIMPLIFI HEALTH 

BENEFIT MANAGEMENT, LLC; and 

CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

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Case 3:14-cv-00229-DPM Document 51 Filed 01/23/15 Page 1 of 8
AGREED QUALIFIED HIPAA-PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The parties have agreed to the terms of this Order, and the Court finds it appropriate and 

in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") 

(Pub.L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936). Therefore, the Court orders as follows: 

1. HIP AA. The parties desire to ensure the privacy of medical information, medical 

records, demographic information, and financial information relating to participants and 

beneficiaries (collectively, "members") of the health benefits plan ("the Plan") established by the 

Crittenden Hospital Association ("CHA"). The Plan is governed by the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Patient Health Information, 

as defined below, will be designated, in the producing party's discretion, as "Confidential PHI" 

under this Order. 

(a) Patient Health Information. Patient Health Information includes "health 

information," "individually identifiable health information," and "protected health information," 

as those phrases are defined in HIPAA, 45 C.F.R. § 160.103. Patient Health Information 

includes, but is not limited to: 

i. information that: 1) identifies or reasonably could be expected to identify 

an individual; and 2) relates to a) the past, present, or future physical or 

mental health or condition of an individual; b) the provision of health care 

to an individual; or c) the past, present, or future payment for the provision 

of health care to an individual. 

ii. medical bills, claims forms, data on claims submitted by health facilities 

and professionals, charge sheets, medical records, medical charts, test 

results, notes, dictation, invoices, itemized billing statements, remittance 

advice forms, explanation of benefits, checks, notices, and requests, and 

all notes, summaries, compilations, extracts, abstracts or oral 

communications that are based on or derived from Patient Health 

Information. 

iii. the information referred to in 45 C.F.R. § 164.514(b), including, but not 

limited to: name; address; names of relatives; name of employers; all 

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elements of dates; telephone numbers; fax numbers; electronic mail 

addresses; social security numbers; medical record numbers; health plan 

beneficiary numbers; account numbers; certificate/license numbers; 

Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; biometric identifiers; full face 

photographic images; or any other unique identifying numbers, 

characteristic, or code of any patient. 

(b) Authorization for Covered Entities to Disclose Protected Health 

Information. Pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(e)(l)(i), the Court authorizes each party and its, 

his, or her counsel to release to the other parties and their counsel Patient Health Information 

relating to members of the Plan. Counsel of record for the parties, and any "covered entities," as 

that term is defined in 45 C.F.R. §160.103, are hereby authorized to receive, subpoena, disclose, 

and transmit such Patient Health Information as long as it is designated "Confidential PHI" 

subject to this Order. 

(c) HIPAA-Qualified Protective Order. The parties are prohibited from 

using Patient Health Information under this Order for any purpose other than this litigation and 

will be required to return any such information at the end of the litigation, upon request of the 

producing party. All Patient Health Information produced in this action shall remain subject to 

the terms of this Order after the termination of the litigation, absent contrary Order by the Court. 

2. Protection of Confidential Material. 

(a) General Protections. Patient Health Information shall not be used or 

disclosed by the parties, counsel for the parties or any other persons identified in subparagraph 

(b) for any purpose whatsoever other than in this litigation, including any appeal. Patient Health 

Information may not be used for any commercial purpose (aside from prosecuting or defending 

against the claims in this action) or for the purpose of obtaining clients or developing business. 

This Order does not restrict a party's use of its own Patient Health Information. 

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(b) Limited Disclosures. The parties and counsel for the parties shall not 

disclose or permit the disclosure of any Patient Health Information to any third person or entity 

except as set forth in subparagraphs (1)-(9). Subject to these requirements, the following 

categories of persons may be allowed to review Patient Health Information: 

(1) Counsel. Counsel for the parties and employees of counsel who 

have responsibility for the action; 

(2) Employees of a Party. Individual employees of a party to the 

extent counsel for the receiving party determines in good faith that 

the employee's assistance is reasonably necessary to the conduct of 

the litigation in which the information is disclosed; 

(3) Plaintiffs. An individual plaintiff may review Patient Health 

Information relating to that individual plaintiff; counsel for 

plaintiffs may not disclose to an individual plaintiff Protected 

Health Information that relates to other persons; 

(4) The Court and its personnel; 

(5) Court Reporters and Recorders. Court reporters and recorders 

engaged for depositions; 

(6) Contractors. Those persons specifically engaged for the limited 

purpose of making copies of documents or organizing or 

processing documents, including outside vendors hired to process 

electronically stored documents; 

(7) Consultants and Experts. Consultants, investigators, or experts 

employed by the parties or counsel for the parties to assist in the 

preparation and trial of this action but only after such persons have 

completed the certification contained in Attachment A, 

Acknowledgment of Understanding and Agreement to Be Bound; 

(8) Witnesses at depositions. During their depositions, witnesses in 

this action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary. Witnesses 

shall not retain a copy of documents containing Patient Health 

Information, except witnesses may receive a copy of all exhibits 

marked at their depositions in connection with review of the 

transcripts. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits 

to depositions that are designated as Patient Health Information 

pursuant to the process set out in this Order must be separately 

bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone 

except as permitted under this Order. 

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(9) Author or recipient. The author or recipient of the document (not 

including a person who received the document in the course of 

litigation); and 

(10) Others by Consent. Other persons only by written consent of the 

producing party or upon order of the Court and on such conditions 

as may be agreed or ordered. 

(c) Control of Documents. Counsel for the parties shall make reasonable 

efforts to prevent unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of Patient Health Information. Counsel 

shall maintain the originals of the forms signed by persons acknowledging their obligations 

under this Order for a period of three years after the termination of the case. 

3. Obligations on Conclusion of Litigation. 

(a) Order Continues in Force. Unless otherwise agreed or ordered, this 

Order shall remain in force after dismissal or entry of final judgment not subject to further 

appeal. 

(b) Obligations at Conclusion of Litigation. Within 60 days after dismissal 

or entry of final judgment not subject to further appeal, all Patient Health Information and 

documents marked "Confidential PHI" under this Order, including copies, electronic images, 

duplicates, extracts, summaries or descriptions that contain the Patient Health Information, shall 

be returned to the producing party unless: (1) the document has been offered into evidence or 

filed without restriction as to disclosure; (2) the parties agree to destruction to the extent 

practicable in lieu of return; 1 

or (3) as to documents bearing the notations, summations, or other 

mental impressions of the receiving party, that party elects to destroy the documents and certifies 

to the producing party that it has done so. 

1 The parties may choose to agree that the receiving party shall destroy documents containing Patient Health 

Information and certify the fact of destruction, and that the receiving party shall not be required to locate, isolate and 

return e-mails (including attachments to e-mails) that may include Patient Health Information, or Patient Health 

Information contained in deposition transcripts or drafts or final expert reports. 

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(c) Retention of Work Product and one set of Filed Documents. 

Notwithstanding the above requirements to return or destroy documents, counsel may retain (1) 

attorney work product, including an index that refers or relates to designated Patient Health 

Information so long as that work product does not duplicate verbatim substantial portions of 

Patient Health Information, and (2) one complete set of all documents filed with the Court 

including those filed under seal. Any retained Patient Health Information shall continue to be 

protected under this Order. An attorney may use his or her work product in subsequent 

litigation, provided that its use does not disclose or use Patient Health Information. 

4. Order Subject to Modification. This Order shall be subject to modification by 

the Court on its own initiative or on motion of a party or any other person with standing 

concerning the subject matter. 

5. Persons Bound. This Order shall take effect when entered and shall be binding 

upon all counsel of record and their law firms, the parties, and persons made subject to this Order 

by its terms. 

So Ordered. 

Dated: 

Hon. D.P. MarshJfiir. 

United States District Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

DELORIS SUMPTER, ET AL., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CRITTENDEN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, 

GENE CASHMAN, DAVID RAINES, BRAD 

MCCORMICK, CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE 

INSURANCE CO. AND CIGNA CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

RHONDA MICHELLE GOODFELLOW, 

on behalf of herself and all similarly situated 

persons, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EUGENE K. CASHMAN, JR.; JAMIE R. 

CARTER, JR.; DAVID G. BAYTOS; 

DAVID RAINES, JR.; W. BRAD 

MCCORMICK; JASON W. COLLARD; 

HERSCHEL F. OWENS; ANDREW 

LUTTRELL; DONNA B. LANIER; 

CAROL C. MCCORMACK; KEITH M. 

INGRAM; RANDALL CATT; DAVID 

FORD; THOMAS F. DONALDSON, JR.; 

WILLIAM JOHNSON; LANNIE L. 

LANCASTER; JULIO P. RUIZ; SHERRY 

L. LONDON; NESS S. SECHREST; 

RANDY R. SULLIVAN; LEVEN 

WILLIAMS; SIMPLIFI HEALTH 

BENEFIT MANAGEMENT, LLC; and 

CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

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) Case No. 3:14-cv-00229-DPM 

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) Removed from the Circuit Court 

) of Crittenden County, Arkansas, 

) No. CV-2014-303 

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ATTACHMENT A -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

AND 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the Agreed Qualified HIP AA 

Protective Order dated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the above-captioned action and 

attached hereto, understands the terms thereof, and agrees to be bound by its terms. The 

undersigned submits to the jurisdiction of the Eastern District of Arkansas in matters relating to 

the Order and understands that the terms of the Order obligate him/her to use materials 

designated as Confidential PHI in accordance with the Order solely for the purposes of the 

above-captioned action, and not to disclose any such Confidential PHI to any other person, firm 

or concern. 

The undersigned acknowledges that violation of the Order may result in penalties for 

contempt of court. 

Name: 

Job Title: 

Business Address: 

Date: 

Signature 

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