Mar 11, 2019 | Business Associate, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Rush University Medical Center is feeling the impact of a breach they themselves did not cause. A third-party vendor is responsible for compromised personal information of 45,000 patients of Rush Medical. The breach was caused by an employee of the claims processing...
Feb 25, 2019 | HIPAA Violations, HSN
Healthcare breaches are incredibly difficult for organizations to deal with. Repercussions of a data breach vary greatly depending on what caused the breach to begin with. For example, there’s the struggle of getting your organization back up and running, determining...
Dec 4, 2018 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a $125,000 settlement with Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. for a HIPAA violation dating back to February 2015. According to the agency, who released a statement on November 26, the violation occurred when an Allergy...
Sep 24, 2018 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
On September 20, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced a fine of $999,000 for three Boston hospitals, all of which violated HIPAA while allowing ABC’s TV series “Boston Med” to film the show in their facilities. Boston Medical...
May 29, 2018 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is planning to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking this November that could be a major game changer for HIPAA breach settlements. According to the Data Protection Report,...
May 14, 2018 | Breach, Business Associate, HIPAA Violations, HSN
According to the San Francisco Public Health Department, nearly 900 patients at two San Francisco hospitals had their personal information breached. On Friday, the Department stated that the breach occurred at San Francisco General and Laguna Honda hospitals when a...
