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.
In a record-breaking year for HIPAA fines, the HHS doesn’t seem to be slowing down. The HHS announced that they have reached a settlement with the City of New [...]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached a $1,000,000 settlement with health insurer Aetna. Aetna agreed to pay this [...]
On October 9, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has settled its ninth enforcement [...]
OCR announced the eighth right of access fine issued this year. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center was fined $160,000 for failing to comply with the HIPAA [...]
The OCR seems to be on a fines spree, with a record number of fines issued in September. There were eight September OCR fines issued, amounting to $10,736,500. More [...]
Premera Blue Cross (PBC) is a not-for-profit covered entity and business associate. PBC is also an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Shield Association, and serves as the largest [...]
In April of 2014, CHSPSC’s information system was hacked. The healthcare hack ended up affecting 6.1 million individuals, exposing their protected health information. As a result, CHSPSC [...]
Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA has agreed to settle with the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for its widespread noncompliance with [...]
In September of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it settled HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access violations [...]
From mid-March to mid-July of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was very busy… But not because it was issuing [...]
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