[08/08/22]
Posted on August 8, 2022 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
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
Tags: Corrective Action Plan, electronic protected health information, ePHI, HIPAA
[03/12/20]
Posted on March 12, 2020 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
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
Tags: compliance, ehr, electronic health records, electronic protected health information, ePHI, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA
[11/08/19]
Posted on November 8, 2019 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On November 7, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that a Texas state agency (“State Agency”) will pay a penalty of $1,600,000 for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Security Rule. According to the Notice of... READ MORE
Tags: ePHI, HHS Office for Civil Rights, HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA Security Rule
[11/07/19]
Posted on November 7, 2019 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
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
Tags: electronic protected health information, Encrypt, ePHI, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, HIPAA Security Rule, PHI
[10/25/19]
Posted on October 25, 2019 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
On October 23, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) of $2,154,000 against a nonprofit academic health system (“Health System”) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The Notice of Proposed Determination and the Notice of... READ MORE
Tags: Breach Notification Rule, electronic PHI, ePHI, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, PHI
[02/19/19]
Posted on February 19, 2019 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that a health system in California (the “System”) was required to pay a $3 million fine and adopt an extensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The System operates several hospitals, including a rehabilitation hospital... READ MORE
Tags: Cottage Health, ePHI, health it, HIPAA, HIPAA Breach, OCR, OCR enforcement, PHI
[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
Tags: cyber attack, Data Breach, ePHI, HIPAA, HIPAA Breach, OCR, Office for Civil Rights
