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No Business Associate Agreement? $31K Mistake

No Business Associate Agreement? $31K Mistake

From: OCR HIPAA Privacy Rule information The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $31,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and agreed to implement a corrective action plan. CCDH is a small, for-profit […]

Overlooking risks leads to breach, $400,000 settlement

Overlooking risks leads to breach, $400,000 settlement

Health care is among the most highly regulated industries in the United States which makes compliance and conducting on-going risk analysis crucial. Failure to implement a proper security management process can be costly.   From: OCR HIPAA Privacy Rule information The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced […]