The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is the enforcing body of HIPAA. The OCR conducts investigations into potential HIPAA violations, issuing judgments that can result in settlements.
HIPAA right of access fines seem to be growing on trees these days. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its [...]
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 [...]
After reaching a HIPAA settlement for extensive HIPAA violations, Community Health Systems reached another settlement with 28 states. Additional details of the multistate HIPAA settlement are described [...]
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 [...]
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