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In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with Montefiore Medical Center after a former employee stole the protected health information of over
In February 2024, OCR settled with a New England health system for $1.3 million after investigators found that staff had been accessing patient records
In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $30,000 after an investigation revealed — among other violations — that the practice had
In February 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $4.75 million after investigators found the organization had failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk
In 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after the organization disclosed protected health information to a reporter's
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after investigators discovered the organization had failed to provide patients with
In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with a major healthcare system that failed to provide patients timely access to their medical
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an employee disclosed a patient's protected health information on social media.
In February 2024, a small dental practice in New England agreed to a $50,000 settlement with the Office for Civil Rights after a former
When Maryland enacted its strict genetic information privacy law and California expanded patient access rights beyond what federal rules require, many healthcare organizations asked the
In 2023, OCR investigated a mid-sized specialty clinic that had been using the same patient authorization form since 2009. The form lacked three of the
In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with Montefiore Medical Center after a former employee stole the protected health information of over
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