Entries tagged with “Patient Privacy”

Massachusetts General Hospital settles 2009 breach with Office of Civil Rights

The 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 left them on a train.  The incident involved 192 patients of the hospital's Infectious Disease Associates outpatient practice, including patients with HIV/AIDS.  Today's press release announced that the settlement includes a $1,000,000 payment and a resolution agreement, including a corrective action plan, under which Massachusetts General agrees... More

Improper Disposal Costs Rite Aid $1 Million

Written by Dianne BourqueRite Aid has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it violated HIPAA by disposing of labeled pill bottles in unsecured dumpsters accessible to the public. The $1 million fine settles a joint Office of Civil Rights (OCR)/Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation prompted by televised media reports of pharmacies disposing of pill bottles containing patient information. Rite Aid and several other retail pharmacies in cities throughout the United Sates were highlighted in the report.... More
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