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Average HIPAA Fine is Now $1.5 Million
With so many HIPAA fines making headlines over the 20+ years since HIPAA regulation was first enacted, it's hard to keep track of some of the more significant fines and figures. Even though there [...]
Medical Center Employee Indicted on Criminal HIPAA Violations
A former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employee was indicted by a federal grand jury for criminal HIPAA violations. The Pittsburgh federal grand jury charged the former patient information coordinator [...]
Cancer Center Hit with $4.3 Million Texas HIPAA Fine
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that they issued The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) a $4.3 million Texas [...]
Will New Laws Allow Patients to Cash-In on HIPAA Fines?
This coming November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is slated to discuss an “advance notice of proposed rulemaking” that is requesting for public input on [...]
Connecticut HIPAA Lawsuit, Patients May Now Sue over HIPAA Violations
2018 marks the year that Connecticut citizens are now allowed to file HIPAA lawsuits against providers for unwarranted release of their protected health information (PHI). This ruling was issued for a HIPAA violation case [...]
Do Email Subject Lines Need to Be HIPAA Compliant?
If you are a healthcare organization, business associate, or covered entity that uses email, you know that any form of communication containing protected health information (PHI) needs to be encrypted to be HIPAA compliant. [...]
