Employees Vital to Preventing HIPAA Violations
Whether you’re opening a new medical practice, or starting a business to serve providers, preventing HIPAA violations is likely the last thing on your mind. Even when [...]
OCR Settles 5 HIPAA Right of Access Complaints
On November 30, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of five HIPAA right of access investigations. OCR settled [...]
HHS Increases Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations
Under federal government logic, when the cost of living goes up, the amounts of monetary penalties for violations of certain federal laws must go up too. So, [...]
$130K State HIPAA Settlement Announced
Two printing companies settled with New Jersey over an incident that exposed protected medical and client information. Under the state HIPAA settlement, Command Marketing Innovations, LLC (CMI) [...]
OCR HIPAA Investigation Leads to 20th Right of Access Fine
On September 10, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the issuance of another right of access fine. The OCR HIPAA investigation [...]
EHR HIPAA Violations: Employee Impermissible Access Undetected for 12 Years
Former healthcare worker was discovered to have been improperly accessing patient files through an EHR platform for 12 years. Over this time period they accessed 7,000 patients’ files without [...]
One Week, Two HIPAA Criminal Cases Closed
In the span of a week, the U.S. Department of Justice closed two cases involving criminal HIPAA violations. One of these cases involved the violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, [...]
OCR Settles 19th HIPAA Right of Access Case
Since 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has brought a number of enforcement actions against healthcare providers for their failure to [...]
OSHA COVID-19 Enforcement is Now Prioritized
The United States Department of Labor (DOL), the federal agency that enforces OSHA law, has issued new OSHA enforcement guidance. The guidance is intended to be time-limited to the [...]
Vaccine Passports and HIPAA
With states starting to issue vaccine passports, proving that a resident has been vaccinated against COVID, many have been asking, is this a HIPAA violation? To provide guidance, immunization [...]
