Last week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its second enforcement action and settlement with a provider for failing to comply with HIPAA’s patient access requirements. Korunda Medical, LLC,
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Too Much (Protected Health) Information Exposed + Too Little Response = $3M and Corrective Action Plan for Medical Imaging Company
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
“TMI” usually means “too much information”, but it was used aptly by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as an acronym for a covered entity that exposed protected health information…
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Oncology Group Fined $750,000 Over Stolen Backup Media, Lax Compliance Efforts
By William Maruca on
Cancer Care Group, P.C., a 13-physician radiation oncology practice in Indiana (group), has agreed to pay $750,000 and implement a comprehensive corrective action plan in a settlement resulting from the…
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