Firm Settles for $3.5 Million for 5 HIPAA Breaches

Firm Settles for $3.5 Million for 5 HIPAA Breaches

Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), which operates health care facilities throughout the nation, has settled for $3.5 million for a series of five breaches it reported in 2012. This was the first settlement of the year announced by the Office for Civil...

HHS Improves HIPAA Breach Web Reporting Tool

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have launched a revised web tool that puts important information into the hands of individuals, empowering them to better identify recent breaches of health information and to...

Small Breach Notifications Due by March 1

HIPAA-covered entities must report small data breaches of protected health information (PHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) by March 1.  The law allows for 60 days to elapse at the close of a calendar year before that...