Written by Stephen Bentfield In the two-plus years since the enactment of the HITECH Act, the health care industry has seen a dramatic shift in federal and state HIPAA enforcement posture. Just within the last month, HHS announced a $4.3 million civil fine imposed on Cignet Health for failing to provide patients with copies of… Continue Reading
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Massachusetts General Hospital settles 2009 breach with Office of Civil Rights
Posted in Data Breach, HIPAA/HITECHThe cost of data breaches keeps on rising. Add another million to this week’s HIPAA charges. Just released this afternoon – the Office of Civil Rights announced that it has reached a settlement with Massachusetts General Hospital relating to a 2009 loss of medical records when a billing manager who was carrying the records accidentally… Continue Reading