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The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with a research university (“University”) which has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules, as well as to take corrective action after an unauthorized third party gained... READ MORE

On March 3, 2020, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $100,000 settlement with a physician practice (“Practice”) that it found to be significantly out of compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). While OCR was investigating the Practice’s complaint against... READ MORE

On November 5, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that a New York Medical Center (“Medical Center”) will settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) by paying a civil penalty of $3 million and entering into a Corrective Action... READ MORE