HIPAA fine news from FierceHealthIT
NewsEasily preventable privacy breaches cost hospitals millions
Though there is the perception in many quarters that HIPAA privacy enforcement has been lax over the years, the HHS Office for Civil Rights investigated and resolved at least 11,421 cases of alleged Read more...
OCR stepping up HIPAA privacy, security enforcement
The HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gave the HHS Office for Civil Rights new and stronger powers to enforce HIPAA privacy regulations and shifted HIPAA security Read more...
Seattle system will pay $100K HIPAA fine after repeated breaches
A Seattle-based health system has agreed to pay a $100,000 HIPAA fine to HHS--as well as improve its medical data security--after failing to properly secure data backup tapes, disks and laptops. This Read more...
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