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Company That Provides Contracted Physicians Faces $500,000 PenaltyFederal regulators have slapped a company that provides contracted physicians to hospitals and nursing homes with a $500,000 HIPAA...
HHS to Seek Comments on Whether the Rules Create Barriers to Sharing Patient InformationFederal regulators plan to seek public comments on whether the HIPAA rules create barriers to sharing...
Regulators Say Health Insurer Failed to Take Basic Security StepsFederal regulators have smacked health insurer Anthem with a record $16 million HIPAA settlement in the wake of a cyberattack...
Anthem has agreed to pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and take substantial corrective action to settle potential violations of the...
$230,000 in Penalties After Two Insider BreachesA HIPAA-related enforcement case in Massachusetts involving two insider breaches alleges a trail of missteps, including failure to take prompt...
States Apparently More Active in Breach Settlement Activity than HHS This YearIs a recent HIPAA settlement issued by the New York state attorney general's office another sign that states might...
As the HIPAA security rule turns 20, it's time for regulators to make updates reflecting the changing cyberthreat landscape and technological evolution that's happened over the past two decades,...
Experts Analyze the Trump Administration's Enforcement Activity and What's AheadAre federal regulators beginning to slack off on HIPAA compliance enforcement? While some observers say the lack of...
Latest Rare Example of Prosecutors Pursuing a HIPAA CaseA federal grand jury in Pennsylvania has indicted a former patient coordinator on several counts of wrongfully obtaining and disclosing the...
Federal Court Dismisses Legal Action by Patient in Privacy CaseA federal court recently dismissed a case filed by a patient alleging a laboratory violated HIPAA by failing to shield her personal...