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Posts Tagged ‘Enforcement’

27 Jan 2010

Civil Actions for HIPAA Privacy and Security Violations

Posted by trishvoss. No Comments

Tags: Breach Notification , Civil Actions , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Enforcement , fines , HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) , HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) , Patient Confidentiality , personal health record , Privacy , Restitution , security , State Attorney General , violations

12 Nov 2009

Whatcha Gonna Do When They Audit You?

Posted by trishvoss. No Comments

Tags: Accounting of Disclosures , breach , Breach Notification , Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Civil Action , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Enforcement , HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) , Office for Civil Rights (OCR) , State Attorney General , Stimulus Bill , violations

9 Nov 2009

Tough week for HIPAA violators

Posted by jvlawson. No Comments

Tags: Arkansas , caregivers , daily health accesses , doctor , emergency department , Enforcement , federal , indictment , information protection , medical records , monitoring , Palmetto General , security breach , sentence , stealing patient data , supervisor , surveillance , violations