Healthcare organizations that fail to meet HIPAA Privacy, Security, or Breach Notification Rules can face HIPAA violation fines. Find out who has been fined and how they could have prevented penalties.
A HIPAA risk assessment is an essential component of HIPAA compliance. HIPAA risk and security assessments give your business a strong foundation when it comes to protecting your patients’ [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has just levied a $3,000,000 HIPAA fine against Touchstone Medical Imaging. The HIPAA fine comes after [...]
There are many misconceptions when it comes to HIPAA and security controls for covered entities. While security is related to technical measures such as encryption, firewalls, and security risk [...]
Aetna, a Connecticut-based health insurer, has agreed to pay the California Attorney General $935,000 to resolve a 2017 privacy breach that exposed state residents’ HIV status. [...]
A recent $500,000 Florida HIPAA fine is just another example of the growing trend of HIPAA violations cropping up across the country, all stemming from the [...]
Community Health Systems (CHS) was issued a $4,500,000 HIPAA fine for a reported 2014 data breach. It looks like the data breach resulted from malware which was installed by [...]
The growing risk of HIPAA fines continues to pose a major threat to healthcare organizations across the industry. These ongoing risks result from misconceptions about how to address federal [...]
Attorney General HIPAA fines have been on the increase over the past few years, and the trend is only growing. With this unprecedented HIPAA fine, Attorneys [...]
HIPAA enforcement activity reached an all-time record in 2018, according to The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2018, [...]
Close to $1 million in HIPAA fines have been levied against three Boston-area hospitals for serious HIPAA violations after illegally filming patients for a local TV series. The Department [...]
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