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CHS Reaches Multistate HIPAA Settlement After OCR Fine
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 below. [...]
Why You Need HIPAA Security Training
In an increasingly technology-dependent world, security awareness has never been more important. In fact, the National Cyber Security Alliance recently conducted a study in which it was found that 60% of small [...]
OCR Issues $100,000 HIPAA Right of Access Fine
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 action under its 2019 HIPAA [...]
Is Healthcare Blocks HIPAA Compliant?
Healthcare Blocks offers healthcare systems and digital health startups managed cloud hosting and DevOps services. As Healthcare Blocks manages protected health information on behalf of their covered entity clients, they are considered a [...]
And the Right of Access Fines Keep Coming…
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 right of access. More details [...]
9 Million Patients Affected by September Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly posts reported breaches affecting 500 or more patients. In September, there were 77 healthcare breaches posted to the OCR breach [...]
