by HIPAAgps | Jun 6, 2019 | HIPAA News
There have been a number of breaches of sensitive information recently and questions have come up about minors who are seen for mental health and substance abuse. What does HIPAA say? According to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR),...
by HIPAAgps | May 30, 2019 | HIPAA News
Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., a medical records service in Indiana, has paid the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $100,000 to settle a HIPAA breach. In May, 2019, the OCR reported that Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) had paid a fine of $100,000 and agreed...
by HIPAAgps | May 23, 2019 | HIPAA News
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) recently notified the public of a successful spear-phishing attempt. What happened? A spear-phishing email was sent to an OHA Oregon State Hospital employee in the beginning of May. On May 6, 2019, the employee opened the email and...
by HIPAAgps | May 20, 2019 | HIPAA News
Washington State University recently found itself on the hook for around $4.7 million in a class-action, data-breach lawsuit. In April 2017, a self-storage facility used by WSU was broken into and a small safe was stolen. Unfortunately the safe contained a backup hard...
by HIPAAgps | May 16, 2019 | HIPAA News
The Tennessee-based, medical-imaging company, Touchstone, has agreed to pay a hefty $3-million fine to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in order to settle a breach that occurred in May of 2014. They have also accepted further corrective actions in order to eliminate...
by HIPAAgps | May 9, 2019 | HIPAA News
Recently, The Dental Board of California revealed that a number of dentists in the state are failing to provide patients with copies of their dental records in a timely manner. These dental records include x-ray images, photographs, test results, models, treatment...
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