St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., has agreed to pay $218,400 to settle an alleged HIPAA violation and to adopt a corrective action plan for its HIPAA compliance program. In November ...
HIPAA is a law that protects your medical information and history. Medical providers like doctors and insurance companies are beholden to HIPAA.
Baycare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, will pay $800,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights to settle allegations of potential HIPAA violations. OCR ...
December 2024 was an active month for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"). OCR announced (i) a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty ("CMP") ...
The University of California at Los Angeles Health System has agreed to pay $865,500 in a settlement regarding potential HIPAA violations, according to a Department of Health and Human Services news ...
The conversation highlights the importance of clear communication, robust HIPAA policies and thorough documentation in addressing and preventing privacy issues. Ms. Hartsfield and Mr. Williams ...
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, say Manhattan prosecutors wrongfully obtained his medical records. Mangione's attorneys claim the ...
The preamble to the final rule implementing the privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act explicitly invokes the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. "The need ...
CALREMORE – Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton has been accused of violating HIPAA laws regarding an escaped inmate that wasn’t in the care of Rogers County. Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and ...
Fifteen nurses at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center have been fired after hospital administrators claim they improperly accessed the private medical records of a 12-year-old girl who died by ...
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Indiana Exceptional Medical Care, LLC says information such as names, addresses and phone numbers was mistakenly added to their records, in violation of HIPAA. The information ...