News & Analysis as of

Office of Civil Rights Former Employee

McDermott Will & Emery

Hospital Settles With OCR for $4.75 Million Over HIPAA Violations

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently reached a $4.75 million settlement with a New York City hospital for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Saul Ewing LLP

OCR Announces Third HIPAA Settlement in Three Weeks; Issues an RFI on Reducing HIPAA Barriers to Care

Saul Ewing LLP on

There were two important HIPAA developments during this past week. First, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Pagosa Spring Medical Center (“PSMC”), a Colorado...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HIPAA Penalties For Failure to Cut Off Access To Former Employee

It has been a busy few weeks for HIPAA enforcement. On Tuesday, the Office for Civil Rights announced its third resolution of a HIPAA breach in as many weeks. In this latest matter, OCR announced that Pagosa Springs Medical...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Failure to terminate access of departing employee leads to HIPAA penalty

Bricker Graydon LLP on

A critical access hospital in Colorado will pay $114,000 in a settlement with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) stemming from the failure to terminate a former employee’s access to a hospital database containing protected...more

Locke Lord LLP

OCR for the Win: Lincare, Inc. HIPAA Enforcement Action

Locke Lord LLP on

For the second time in history, on January 13, 2016, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upheld the imposition of civil money penalties charged against a covered entity by the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health...more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide