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Proposed federal budget increases ONC spend to $66M
Spending for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2013 budget increases $5 million, bring the total up to more than $66 million. That
HHS: 'Major' health data breaches now up to 385
The number of "major" healthcare information breaches--those impacting 500 or more individuals--has hit 385 since 2009, according to the Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil
Civil Rights data access proposal unrealistic, expensive, CHIME says
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has asked the federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to reconsider its proposal for requiring that healthcare providers and insurers
UCLA Health System pays $865G to settle HIPAA violation charges
UCLA Health System has agreed to pay a fine of $865,000 and to develop a correction action plan to settle potential HIPAA privacy violations involving improper disclosures of medical records at its
Office of Civil Rights carrying out mandate to enforce HIT security
A year and a half ago, when authority for enforcing the security and privacy provisions of HIPAA was transferred from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in
