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HHS Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients

by Tracy Morley | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/23/2013

On January 2, 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer than 500 Patients

by Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") settled its first case involving the unauthorized disclosure of the electronic protected health information ("ePHI") of fewer than 500 individuals....more

OCR'S Breach Settlement: The First Ever Involving Less Than 500 Patients

by Cory Fox, Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/21/2013

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached "the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500...more

Health Law Alert: Deficient Data Security On Mobile Devices Leads To First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500...

by Blake Schofield | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients. OCR took action against a hospice provider in...more

First HHS OCR Settlement for HIPAA Breach Involving Less Than 500 Patients Sends Message to Providers

by King & Spalding on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, HHS announced that the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and enter into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) as part of a settlement involving a breach of unsecured electronic protected health...more

Health Law Update — January 10, 2013

by Darby C. Allen, Ameena Ashfaq, Donna S. Clark, Susan Feigin Harris, Theodore Kobus III, B. Scott McBride, Lynn Sessions, Summer Swallow, Robert Wolin | BakerHostetler on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more

First-Ever HIPAA Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients Announced

by Danna Carmi, M. Leeann Habte, Peter McLaughlin, Richard Rifenbark, R. Michael Scarano Jr. | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/8/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for potential HIPAA violations....more

OCR Reaches $50,000 Settlement with Hospice for Small Data Breach

by Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch, Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 1/8/2013

Enforcement action sends a strong message to the healthcare industry and reaffirms the need for security risk analysis and mobile-device security policies and procedures....more

OCR's Breach Settlement the First Ever Involving Less than 500 Patients

by Cory Fox | BakerHostetler on 1/7/2013

OCR started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached “the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals” with the Hospice of...more

First OCR Settlement Involving a “Small” Breach Focuses on Mobile Device Security

by Joshua Freemire, James Wieland | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

In what is best understood as a follow-up to both the recent settlement with MEEI and the release of its mobile device security guidance, HHS OCR recently released details of a settlement reached with the Hospice of Northern...more

Small Data Breach Leads to $50,000 HHS Settlement for Hospice

by Adam H. Greene | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/3/2013

In what HHS declares as “the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals,” the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a $50,000...more

Health Law Alert: Medicaid Pays $1,700,000 to Settle HIPAA Security Violations

by Ober|Kaler on 7/23/2012

In its first enforcement action against a state agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled last month with Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for...more

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