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Largest Health Data Breach = Largest OCR Settlement in History

[10/19/18]

Posted on October 19, 2018 in Health Information Technology

Published by: Hall Render

On October 15, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that it had reached a record $16 million settlement with Anthem arising out of alleged violations of the Privacy and Security Rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The settlement comes... READ MORE

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