Three Iowa healthcare providers have been denied unemployment benefits after being fired for allegedly violating patient privacy laws.
The first of the three cases involves Julie Meinders, who worked as a scheduler for Mason City’s MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center from February 2024 through October 2025 when she was fired.
The company alleged that on Sept. 19, 2025, Meinders used her login credentials to call up the medical records of a co-worker and then accessed her colleague’s “patient sidebar report” to view the individual’s upcoming appointments…