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From $5,000 to $800,000: Days Apart, OCR Security Settlements Show Puzzling Math

A single incident that may have started as a personal vendetta or an extortion threat seven years ago has cost a Florida health care system $800,000, and comes on the heels of an unrelated breach suffered by a different...more

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HHS Reaches $2.2 Million Settlement With Life Insurance Company For Impermissible Disclosure Of ePHI

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On January 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS OCR”) announced that it had agreed to a $2.2 million settlement with MAPFRE Life Assurance Company of Puerto Rico (“MAPFRE Life”),...more

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Largest Health & Human Services HIPAA Settlement Wake-Up Call for Covered Entities to Evaluate and Mitigate Risks

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On Thursday, August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced the largest settlement ever with a single entity for multiple potential Health Insurance Portability and...more

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2.7 Million Dollar HIPAA Settlement

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Last week, Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and...more

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“Cha-Ching” – HIPAA Settlement Reaches New Heights and Signals More To Come

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In the largest HIPAA enforcement action to date, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) extracted $4.8 million from two leading New York institutions, New York-Presbyterian Hospital...more

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