by HIPAAgps | Oct 18, 2018 | HIPAA News
The insurer Aetna is still rebounding after the impermissible disclosure of members’ Protected Health Information (PHI) that resulted in a class action lawsuit. Since the start of the lawsuit, Aetna has paid $17 million in addition to settlements with the Attorney...
by Sheena.sampsel | Oct 15, 2018 | HIPAA News
Anthem, Inc. has agreed to pay $16 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has accepted a corrective action after a series of cyberattacks led to the largest U.S. health data breach in history and exposed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of...
by HIPAAgps | Sep 23, 2018 | HIPAA News
On September 20, 2018, an oversite led to a massive Protected Health Information (PHI) breach that resulted in multiple HIPAA settlements totaling almost one million dollars, $999,000, to be exact. Separate settlements have been reached with three separate hospitals...
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 | Feb 8, 2018 | HIPAA News
The Office for Civil Rights published a press release detailing the information on a $3.5 million HIPAA settlement and what led up to this settlement. On February 1, the news came out about Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) agreeing to pay a $3.5 million...
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