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Record $4.8 Million HIPAA Fine Assessed

Posted in Data Breach Notification, HIPAA/HITECH

In the largest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) settlement to date, two New York hospitals have agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle allegations that they failed to secure thousands of patients’ electronic protected health information (ePHI) held on their shared network.  Our sister blog, Health Law Policy Matters, provides an analysis of the incidents and settlement here.