HIPAA Fines Listed by Year
HIPAA Settlements, Fines, and Penalties
HIPAA settlements are hard to keep track of–that’s why we’ve created this simple directory of large-scale HIPAA fines listed by year. All information on HIPAA violation cases is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on their HIPAA Resolution Agreements overview.
For the full list of HIPAA breaches and fines, you can visit OCR’s Breach Portal, or “Wall of Shame“. This is where OCR lists the countless other small-scale HIPAA breaches and fines. View our HIPAA fines chart below for the full HIPAA settlements list.
Remember that large-scale settlements are only a fraction of the fines levied by federal investigators every year. Once you’ve had a HIPAA breach, one of the consequences of violating HIPAA is that the name of your practice is permanently listed on The Wall of Shame for violating HIPAA–including the offense, date, and number of individuals affected. Look through this chart for HIPAA violation case examples.
2022 HIPAA Fines
Date | Organization | Fine Total | OCR Settlement Announcement |
3/28/2022 |
Dr. Donald Brockley, D.D.M |
$30,000 |
Dr. Donald Brockley, D.D.M. HIPAA Enforcement Action
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3/28/2022 | Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A. | $50,000 |
Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A. (UPI) HIPAA Enforcement Action
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3/28/2022 | Jacob and Associates | $28,000 |
Jacob and Associates HIPAA Enforcement Action
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3/28/2022 | Northcutt Dental | $62,500 |
Northcutt Dental-Fairhope, LLC (Northcutt Dental) HIPAA Enforcement Action
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2022 TOTAL: | $170,500 |
2021 HIPAA Fines
Date | Organization | Fine Total | OCR Settlement Announcement |
1/12/2021 |
Banner Health |
$200,000 | OCR Settles Fourteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
1/15/2021 | Lifetime Healthcare Companies | $5,100,000 | Health Insurer Pays $5.1 Million to Settle Data Breach Affecting Over 9.3 Million People |
2/10/2021 | Renown Health, P.C | $75,000 | OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
2/12/2021 | Sharp HealthCare | $70,000 | OCR Settles Sixteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
3/24/2021 | Arbour Hospital | $65,000 | OCR Settles Seventeenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
3/26/2021 | Village Plastic Surgery | $30,000 | OCR Settles Eighteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
5/25/2021 | AEON Clinical Laboratories | $25,000 | Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations |
6/2/2021 | The Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center | $5,000 | OCR Settles Nineteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative |
9/10/2021 | Children’s Hospital & Medical Center | $80,000 | OCR Resolves Twentieth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative with $80,000 Settlement |
11/30/2021 | Advanced Spine & Pain Management (ASPM) | $32,150 |
Five enforcement actions hold healthcare providers accountable for HIPAA Right of Access
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11/30/2021 | Denver Retina Center | $30,000 | Five enforcement actions hold healthcare providers accountable for HIPAA Right of Access |
11/30/2021 | Dr. Robert Glaser | $100,000 | Five enforcement actions hold healthcare providers accountable for HIPAA Right of Access |
11/30/2021 | Rainrock Treatment Center, LLC dba Monte Nido Rainrock (“Monte Nido | $160,000 | Five enforcement actions hold healthcare providers accountable for HIPAA Right of Access |
11/30/2021 | Wake Health Medical Group | $10,000 | Five enforcement actions hold healthcare providers accountable for HIPAA Right of Access |
2021 TOTAL: | $5,980,000 |
2020 HIPAA Fines
2019 HIPAA Fines
2018 HIPAA Fines
2017 HIPAA Fines
2016 HIPAA Fines
2015 HIPAA Fines
Date | Organization | Fine Total | Link to OCR Settlement |
April 22, 2015 | Cornell Prescription Pharmacy | $125,000 | HIPAA Settlement Highlights the Continuing Importance of Secure Disposal of Paper Medical Records |
June 10, 2015 | St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center | $218,000 | HIPAA Settlement Highlights Importance of Safeguards When Using Internet Applications |
August 31, 2015 | Cancer Care Group, P.C. | $750,000 | 750,000 HIPAA Settlement Emphasizes the Importance of Risk Analysis and Device and Media Control Policies |
November 24, 2015 | Lahey Hospital and Medical Center | $850,000 | HIPAA Settlement Reinforces Lessons for Users of Medical Devices |
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