20+ Years Post HIPAA ROI Still a Problem –

..Among the 83 top-ranked US hospitals representing 29 states, there was discordance between information provided on authorization forms and that obtained from the simulated patient telephone calls in terms of requestable information, formats of release, and costs.

Texas cancer center pays $4.3 million for HIPAA violations -

..MD Anderson Cancer Center had paid $4,348,000 in penalties to OCR, the fourth largest amount ever awarded for HIPAA violations.

..MD Anderson made three separate data breach reports in 2012 and 2013 involving the theft of an unencrypted laptop from the home of an employee and the loss of two unencrypted thumb drives containing the unencrypted ePHI of over 33,500 individuals...