by HIPAAgps | Nov 29, 2018 | HIPAA News
Allergy Associates of Hartford has agreed to settle a case of prohibited disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI), which resulted in a fine of $125,000. Although the Connecticut-based allergy treatment practice agreed to settle with no admission of liability,...
by HIPAAgps | Jun 21, 2018 | HIPAA News
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) will have to pay more than $4.3 million in HIPAA fines because of three separate data breaches that occurred in 2012 and 2013. The recent press release from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stated that a...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 5, 2018 | HIPAA News
There are pretty stiff consequences for employees who use their access to protected health information for illegal means. From ransomware to hackers, there is a lot of talk about breaches from the outside, but what about breaches from the inside? Especially breaches...
by HIPAAgps | Mar 15, 2018 | HIPAA News
Attorney General Schneiderman of New York announced a $575,000 settlement with EmblemHealth after a 2016 data breach exposed more than 80,000 Social Security Numbers. The breach in 2016 occurred by a mailing error where Health Insurance Claim Numbers of 81,122...
by HIPAAgps | Mar 1, 2018 | HIPAA News
The OCR still enforced a HIPAA penalty for a breach that occurred in 2015, even after the business closed in 2016. FileFax, Inc. closed its doors in 2016 when a court appointed a receiver to liquidate its assets for distribution to creditors. Additionally, this...
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