
Business Associate Fined for Alleged Risk Analysis Failure
The OCR’s investigation determined that Health Fitness violated the HIPAA Security Rule’s Risk Analysis provision protecting ePHI.
The OCR’s investigation determined that Health Fitness violated the HIPAA Security Rule’s Risk Analysis provision protecting ePHI.
The OCR announced its first financial penalty of 2025 for HIPAA violations regarding the ePHI of nearly 200,000 individuals.
Providence Medical fined $240K for HIPAA violations after a ransomware attack. Learn key steps to protect patient data and avoid breaches.
AMR paid a civil monetary penalty of $115,200 to the OCR for failing to provide a patient with timely access to her medical records.
The OCR/HHS issued resources to help patients understand the privacy and security risks when using telehealth services and how to reduce the risks.
Find out what the Office for Civil Rights in HSS has said about data security, patient privacy, and how healthcare providers should respond.
Itʼs important to familiarize yourself with how the Supreme Court Ruling affects patient privacy and PHI and reading through the OCRʼs new guidance is a good step.
Every hour of every day an average of two HIPAA complaints come into the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Let us help you stay in compliance and stay off the OCR’s complaint list.
This week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that would “break down barriers that have stood in the way of commonsense care coordination and value-based arrangements for far too long,” according HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
Though the postage is marked first class, the mailer’s intent is not. In fact, it is another low-class act by scammers. The United States Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a statement on August 6 about postcards that are being sent to health care organizations disguised as official OCR communications, claiming to be notices of a mandatory HIPAA compliance risk assessment.
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