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$175K HIPAA Settlement Underscores Business Associate Risk Analysis Obligations

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In a recent settlement with an accounting firm, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) reinforced its ongoing commitment to holding business associates accountable for the...more

Brooks Pierce

Business Associate Victim of Ransomware Attack Pays $100,000 to HHS OCR

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Is your organization a business associate? You could be subject to enforcement action if you fail to protect health information within your control from ransomware attacks. In October, for the first time, the U.S....more

Saul Ewing LLP

Business Associate Agrees to $100,000 Settlement Following Cyber Attack

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On Halloween, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $100,000 settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Doctors’...more

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Business Associate Agreements: Requirements and Suggestions

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The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules generally require covered entities (including most healthcare providers) to execute written agreements (“business associate agreements” or “BAAs”) with their business associates before...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Investigation with Business Associate for $350,000

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Over the past decade, the number of health care data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has increased dramatically. From 2009 to 2022, over 5,000 data...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Settlement Involves 'Dark Overlord' Hack, Tip by Breach-Tracking Journalist

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 10 (October 2020) - September was quite the month for enforcement actions by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The agency announced eight settlements totaling more than $10 million....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

'Misinterpretation' of Breach Rule, Lack of Internal BAA Cost Hospital Group $2.1M

Report on Patient Privacy 19, no. 12 (December 2019) - Sentara Hospitals, a nonprofit group of 12 medical centers in Virginia and North Carolina, will implement a fairly minimal two-year corrective action plan (CAP) and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Trio Of OCR HIPAA Breach Resolutions: Is Your Organization HIPAA Compliant?

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Over the past thirty days, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has reached three HIPAA breach resolutions, signaling to organizations that are covered entities and business associates under HIPAA, the importance of...more

Williams Mullen

HIPAA Settlements in April and May Highlight Key Compliance Concerns for OCR

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After a break in March with no new settlement agreements, OCR returned in April and May with quite a few. The Health Care Data Aware Blog already posted about a $400,000 OCR settlement released April 12, 2017, which can be...more

Perkins Coie

Recent HIPAA Privacy and Security Settlements and Lessons Learned

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Although the fate of the Affordable Care Act remains undecided, enforcement of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ongoing,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

UMass Amherst Settles HIPAA Violations with OCR for $650,000

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has agreed to settle an investigation against it as a result of a malware infection for $650,000, along with implementing a...more

Buchalter

HIPAA Security Rule Compliance for Providers & Business Associates in Three Easy Steps

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On August 4, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Health & Human Services Department (“HHS”) announced a $5.55 million HIPAA settlement with Advocate Health Care Network (“Advocate”), the largest...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

It’s Not the Olympics, but OCR Sets New HIPAA Settlement Records

Athletes at the Rio Olympics aren’t the only ones setting records this year. Hoping to send a “strong message” about the importance of safeguarding electronic protected health information (PHI) and conducting mandated risk...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Latest OCR HIPAA Settlement Provides Lessons for Covered Entities

Capping off a busy month of HIPAA settlements, on August 4, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $5.55 million settlement with Advocate Health Care Network (“Advocate”), the largest fully-integrated healthcare...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Advocate Data Breaches Result in Largest HIPAA Settlement To Date

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On August 8th, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued the largest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) settlement to date with Advocate Health...more

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Largest HIPAA Settlement Announced Against A Single Entity: $5.55 Million

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On August, 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) agreed to pay a settlement amount of $5.55 million and adopt a...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

Cozen O'Connor

OCR Announces Another HIPAA Settlement and Warns Not to Forget About Paper Records

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On April 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Cornell Prescription Pharmacy (“Cornell Pharmacy”) had entered into a resolution agreement to settle,...more

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