Malware Costs UMass $650k in HIPAA Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $650,000 settlement with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in the wake of potential HIPAA [...]
Pharmacy Reps Sentenced for Criminal HIPAA Violations
U.S. District Court judges sentenced three former district managers of a pharmaceutical firm to a series of criminal HIPAA violations that have been linked to healthcare [...]
Patients Notified of Potential HIPAA Breach at Army Hospital
Martin Army Community Hospital has begun notifying patients of a potential HIPAA breach. The hospital, located in Fort Benning on the border of Georgia and Alabama, revealed that a [...]
Army PHI Breach in Colorado Could Mean HIPAA Violations
Thousands of soldiers' and civilians' protected health information could be at risk after a serious Army PHI breach was discovered in Fountain, Colorado. Files containing personally [...]
Almost 900,000 Affected in Anesthesia Group PHI Breach
Phoenix, Arizona based Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants (VAPC) has notified 882,590 patients of a potential breach of protected health information (PHI) that occurred on March [...]
The 5 Most Landmark OCR Settlements in 20 Years of HIPAA
When HIPAA was first enacted in 1996, few people could have anticipated the shock waves that this landmark regulation would send across the healthcare industry. The [...]
U-Miss Medical Center Fined $2.75 Million for Decade-Long HIPAA Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has levied a $2.75 million fine against the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) after uncovering a [...]
New HIPAA Guidance on Ransomware Attacks and ePHI Security
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released new HIPAA guidance about how HIPAA-beholden entities can better equip themselves to deal with [...]
Six Risk Assessments Fail to Prevent $2.7 Million HIPAA Settlement
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) reached a settlement with OCR earlier in July for $2.7 million. The organization had executed six risk analysis over the course of 10 [...]
$2.7 Million HIPAA Settlement Reached with OHSU After Repeated HIPAA Violations
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) has reached a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $2.7 [...]
