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Latest HIPAA Compliance & Enforcement Trends

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Enforcement activity by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) showed no signs of slowing throughout 2018 and has already picked up speed in 2019. More recent and significant actions...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Cybersecurity, Inside Jobs, Outside Jobs, and HIPAA

According to a February 12, 2019 Press Release from Protenus, a developer of analytics for patient privacy monitoring and compliance, 15,085,302 patient records were breached in 2018 – a startling number made even more...more

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ALJ Requires MD Anderson Cancer Center to Pay $4.3M for HIPAA Violations

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") announced earlier this month that an HHS administrative law judge ("ALJ") ruled in favor of the OCR on summary judgment and required MD...more

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Judge upholds fourth largest HIPAA penalty of $4.3 million for Texas cancer center

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that an administrative law judge has upheld its fourth largest HIPAA penalty against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center....more

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Ex-Husband's Revenge Leads to HHS Trophy

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Patient care is not confined to a single office or exam room, or a single physician or other provider. Caring for patients these days now includes complex coordination among physicians, nurse, technicians, staff, management,...more

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