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 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 [...]
Organizations operating in the healthcare industry bear the responsibility of providing proper training to their employees regarding HIPAA rules and regulations. Such employee training is crucial as [...]
In a recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, it was determined that 54% of healthcare vendors had experienced at least one data breach affecting protected [...]
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services has saved an announcement of HIPAA penalties for literally the day before the [...]
In its’ most recent HIPAA settlement, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a $2.175 million HIPAA fine to [...]
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC) is a Texas government state agency. Its charge is to improve the health, safety and well-being of [...]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release on November 5, 2019 discussing a $3 million HIPAA settlement reached with the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). [...]
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