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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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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2018 #3

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Just days after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning about a malicious malware, a Trojan malware variant known as...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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FTC Reverses ALJ’s Decision In LabMD Case

Back in November 2015, Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) failed to show that LabMD, Inc.’s (LabMD) data security practices caused harm to consumers stemming...more

Fenwick & West LLP

FTC Holds That Disclosure of Sensitive Medical Information Due to Lax Security Violates the FTC Act

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Last week, three commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held in In the Matter of LabMD, Inc. that a company’s failure to implement reasonable security measures to protect sensitive consumer information on its...more

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Commission Holds FTC Unfairness Claim Does Not Require “Probable” or Tangible Injury in LabMD Data Security Case

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The Federal Trade Commission unanimously (3-0) ruled on July 29, 2016 that LabMD’s data security practices were “unfair” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, reversing a decision of its Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). As we...more

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ALJ Upholds $239,800 In Civil Monetary Penalties For HIPAA Violations

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Home health care provider Lincare, Inc. must pay $239,800 in civil monetary penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule, according to a February 3, 2016...more

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