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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Theft

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 10. Privacy Briefs: October 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more

Perkins Coie

Another HIPAA Settlement: Stolen Laptop Costs $2.5 Million Plus Encryption Requirement

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced yet another HIPAA privacy and security settlement involving Protected Health Information (PHI) on a stolen laptop. Although this might be seen as just...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

No Harm, No Foul – Appellate Court Finds No CMIA Claim Without Actual Injury

California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 56 et seq. (“CMIA”), provides that an individual may recover $1,000 nominal damages (plus actual damages if any) based on the negligent release of...more

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Stolen Thumb Drive Sets HIPAA Precedent

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A Massachusetts dermatology practice, Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C. ("APDerm") recently agreed to pay $150,000 to settle potential violations of HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. The settlement was...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Dermatology Practice Agrees to Settlement in Connection with HIPAA Breach

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A Massachusetts-based dermatology practice recently agreed to pay $150,000 to settle claims that it failed to have sufficient policies and procedures in place to address a breach notification requirement under the HITECH Act....more

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