HHS ASTP Finalizes Two Rules
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), has finalized two rules: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Trusted Exchange Framework and…
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Five Years for $825K Credit Card Fraud Using Stolen Healthcare Identities
Karina Arceo, 34, of Wasco, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to commit bank fraud and committing aggravated identity theft in…
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HHS OCR Settles with Healthcare Clearinghouse, over HIPAA Impermissible Disclosure
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Inmediata Health Group, LLC (Inmediata), a healthcare clearinghouse, concerning potential violations of…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado Fined $548K for HIPAA Violations
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $548,265 civil monetary penalty against Children’s Hospital Colorado, concerning violations of the Health Insurance…
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HHS OCR Fines Gulf Coast Pain Consultants $1.19M for HIPAA Violations
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, LLC d/b/a Clearway Pain…
Read More »HHS OCR Settles with Holy Redeemer Hospital over Disclosure of Patient’s PHI
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Holy Redeemer Family Medicine (Holy Redeemer), a Pennsylvania hospital, concerning an alleged…
Read More »Mental Health Center Fined $100K for Delayed Patient Records Access
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a $100,000 civil monetary penalty against Rio Hondo Community Mental Health Center (“Rio Hondo”)…
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Oklahoma Regional Medical Center: 133K Patients Affected by Ransomware Attack
Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Oklahoma, fell victim to a ransomware attack detected on September 8, 2024, when files were encrypted.
Read More »Healthcare Worker Sentenced to 2 Years for Accessing Ginsburg’s Medical Records
A former healthcare worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.
Read More »Ransomware Attack Hits Small Rural Georgia Hospital and Nursing Home
A small community hospital and its nursing home in rural Georgia have resorted to paper charts and other manual process for patient care as they deal with a ransomware attack…
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