HIPAA Fines Are Just the Beginning: Civil HIPAA Lawsuits On the Rise
Community Health Systems (CHS) was issued a $4,500,000 HIPAA fine for a reported 2014 data breach. It looks like the data breach resulted from malware which was installed by [...]
Think You’ll Save Money by Cutting Corners on HIPAA? Think Again.
The growing risk of HIPAA fines continues to pose a major threat to healthcare organizations across the industry. These ongoing risks result from misconceptions about how to address federal [...]
Attorney General HIPAA Fine Sought for Data Breach Affecting 3.9 Million
Attorney General HIPAA fines have been on the increase over the past few years, and the trend is only growing. With this unprecedented HIPAA fine, Attorneys [...]
Enforcement on the Rise: 2018 HIPAA Fines Reach an All-Time High
2018 proved to be the strictest year for HIPAA fines in the history of enforcement, marking a new age of heightened risk for healthcare providers and [...]
California HIPAA Fine Concludes All-Time Record Year for HIPAA Enforcement
HIPAA enforcement activity reached an all-time record in 2018, according to The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2018, [...]
Anthem Pays Record $16 MM HIPAA Fine for Largest U.S. Health Data Breach in History
Anthem, Inc. will pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to settle violations of the [...]
UMass to Pay $230,000 in Attorney General HIPAA Fines
Another Attorney General HIPAA fine has been levied, this time for data breaches that have left thousands of Massachusetts residents' personal data exposed. UMass Memorial Medical [...]
$1 Million Boston HIPAA Fine Levied for Illegally Filming Patients
Close to $1 million in HIPAA fines have been levied against three Boston-area hospitals for serious HIPAA violations after illegally filming patients for a local TV series. The Department [...]
1.4 Million Patient Records Breached in HIPAA Phishing Attack
The largest data breach of 2018 (so far) has been claimed by a Midwestern health network. UnityPoint Health (UPH) has reported its second data breach of [...]
Average HIPAA Fine is Now $1.5 Million
With so many HIPAA fines making headlines over the 20+ years since HIPAA regulation was first enacted, it's hard to keep track of some of the more significant fines [...]
