Healthcare organizations that fail to meet HIPAA Privacy, Security, or Breach Notification Rules can face HIPAA violation fines. Find out who has been fined and how they could have prevented penalties.
This means patients should have quick and easy access to their health information. What's incredible is that this is now the 45th Right of Access case to be resolved [...]
This settlement revolves around a data breach that occurred when a network server containing the protected health information (PHI) of 267 individuals was left unsecured on the internet. The [...]
The Details OCR initiated its investigation into Yakima in May 2018 after receiving a breach notification report that 23 security guards used their login credentials to access patient electronic [...]
*Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the MedEvolve incident was the result of hacking. The breach was caused by human error. MedEvolve Network Server Breach [...]
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights is responsible for enforcing HIPAA under the: Privacy Rule Security Rule Breach Notification Rule Enforcement Rule [...]
In December 2017, a personal representative (father) filed a complaint against David Mente, MA, LPC, after Mente failed to provide him with the medical records of his three minor [...]
The settlement and resolution agreement follow an investigation of a 2016 hacking incident that exposed the protected health information of almost three million people. Background of Banner Health’s 2016 [...]
In a world where hundreds of millions of tweets, posts, snaps, and stories are posted on social media daily, sharing information about our lives may seem like [...]
Life Hope Labs Slapped with HIPAA Fine In August 2021, the HHS received a complaint that Life Hope Labs failed to meet a medical records request. A deceased patient's [...]
The breakdown: four HIPAA Privacy Rule impermissible disclosure cases. 17 right-of-access cases (15 settlements, 2 cases in which civil monetary penalties were imposed). One Security Rule violation case. The [...]
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