by Girish Anand | Sep 9, 2019 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
July was n historic month when it comes to breaches of health care data involving incidents affecting 500 or more persons, with a total of more than 50 such breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) affecting more than 35 million individuals. According to...
by Girish Anand | Jun 10, 2019 | HIPAA, OCR
Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. (MIE) has agreed to pay $900,000 to 16 states whose attorneys general had sued the company over a data breach in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Simultaneously, MIE settled with the...
by Girish Anand | May 28, 2019 | HHS, HIPAA
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new fact sheet that provides a clear compilation of all provisions through which a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with certain requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach...
by Girish Anand | Apr 30, 2019 | HHS, HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in late April issued a notice of enforcement discretion regarding fines for violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and its privacy, security and breach rules. The fine structure was...
by Girish Anand | Dec 12, 2018 | HHS, HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules, especially the HIPAA Privacy Rule,...
by Girish Anand | Oct 17, 2018 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
As a result of a single data breach of protected health information (PHI), albeit one affecting 79 million consumers, Anthem Inc. is now being fined $16 million by the government and owes an additional $115 million to those affected, who won a class action lawsuit...
