by HIPAAgps | Jan 26, 2017 | HIPAA News
Already, 2017 looks to be another big settlement year. January started the year with a HIPAA settlement of $2.2 million for a Life Insurance company in Puerto Rico, highlighting how essential it is that all health care organizations perform HIPAA risk assessments. In...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 19, 2017 | HIPAA News
At the start of January, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) posted more guidance regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule and who is permitted to receive information from a doctor on a patient’s health status and treatment. On January 10, the OCR provided further guidance on...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 12, 2017 | HIPAA News
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement for $475,000 resulting from a lack of a timely breach notification. The OCR press release from January 9 outlines the details on a new settlement with Presence Health in Illinois. The OCR found that...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 5, 2017 | HIPAA News
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) set a record in 2016 for the number of breach settlements and for the amount in penalties. Not only did the OCR ramp up their audit program, they also started enforcing HIPAA more stringently. In 2016, the OCR settled with 12...
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