Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Physicians, Settlement

The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain

Roetzel & Andress on 6/19/2025

In this new episode of the HealthLaw HotSpot podcast, host Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel litigation shareholder Michael Scotti to explore a growing and deeply concerning issue in health care: patients using threats, such...more

Physicians, Think Before You Yelp??

Baker Donelson on 11/20/2019

Health care providers should take heed of the $10,000 settlement announced on October 2, 2019 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and a small dental practice based on...more

“Expensive News”: Medical Practice Enters Into $125,000 HIPAA Settlement For Sharing PHI With a Reporter

Saul Ewing LLP on 12/4/2018

On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (AAH) agreed to pay $125,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations...more

Fraud and Abuse Investigations Should be Taken Very Seriously

Burr & Forman on 2/16/2017

According to the United States Government, fraud and abuse recovery has an excellent return for each investment dollar spent. According to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program Report,released by the...more

Physician Group to Pay $750,000 to Settle a HIPAA Violation

Cozen O'Connor on 9/4/2015

In August 2012, a Physician Group—comprising of nearly 20 physicians—reported its HIPAA breach to HHS, which resulted from a laptop bag containing the employee’s laptop and a computer server backup being stolen from an...more

HIPAA Violation Results in $4.8 Million Settlement: An IT Perspective

Dickinson Wright on 10/2/2014

In today’s healthcare industry, information technology (“IT”) systems play an ever-expanding role in the success of a medical practice. Medical practitioners consistently juggle e-billing and electronic medical records...more