Criminal HIPAA Charges for Respiratory Therapist
A former respiratory therapist was convicted of wrongly accessing individually identifiable health information by a federal jury on June 23 of this year. The charges claimed that the therapist [...]
Research Institute Fined $3.9 Million for HIPAA Violations After Laptop Theft
A New York biomedical research institute will pay $3.9 million to settle potential HIPAA violations, making this one of the largest fines ever levied in the [...]
February 29 Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches 2015: What You Need to Know
The deadline for reporting HIPAA breaches is 60 days from the end of the calendar year for Covered Entities (CEs) that have had breaches in unsecured protected health information [...]
HIPAA Breach Did You Know: Infographic
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Omnibus Final HIPAA Rule Nears Publication
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has sent the HIPAA omnibus final rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review, one of the last steps before publication in [...]
