Employee Snooping Leads to $240,000 HIPAA Fine
On June 15, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a HIPAA settlement with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. The Hospital [...]
What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?
When a covered entity or business associate makes the HIPAA Wall of Shame for a significant breach or violation, it often results in huge fines. In some [...]
The Fines They Are A’Changin’: Lessons from 2021 HIPAA Fines
This year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved 14 enforcement actions it had filed against healthcare providers, health plans, and clinical labs. [...]
$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 [...]
OCR Fines Village Plastic Surgery for Stretching HIPAA Right of Access Rule
In late March of 2021, the Department of Health and Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled with New Jersey-based Village Plastic Surgery (VPS) for a potential violation [...]
$65,000 Right of Access Violation Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently announced its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. The [...]
Sharp HealthCare Pays $70,000 to Settle Potential Right of Access Violation
In February of 2021, Sharp HealthCare, doing business as Sharp-Rees Stealy Medical Centers (SRMC), paid $70,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights [...]
Renown Health Fined $75,000 Under HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
Not-for-profit Nevada health system Renown Health, P.C., has agreed to pay $75,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to settle a [...]
Reading the 5th: What the Recent Fifth Circuit HIPAA Case Means to You
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights enforces HIPAA compliance by imposing civil monetary penalties (CMPs) on HIPAA covered entities for violations of the [...]
