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In February 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after investigators found the organization had no policies implementing basic Privacy
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed patient records without authorization — in part
In 2023, OCR settled with a major health plan for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed the plan had used enrollee protected health information
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for over $1.2 million after an investigation revealed that workforce members routinely accessed full patient records
In February 2023, OCR announced a $1.3 million settlement with Banner Health after a data breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals. The root cause
In February 2023, OCR announced a $1.3 million settlement with Banner Health after a hacking incident exposed the protected health information of nearly 3
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after it failed to provide a patient with a copy of
In 2023, a mid-size hospital system received an OCR complaint after a front-desk employee released lab results to a caller who provided only a patient&
In January 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule that fundamentally reshaped HIPAA enforcement — and many healthcare organizations are still
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after a phishing attack exposed the protected health information of over 34,
In 2022, a specialty clinic in the Midwest disclosed an entire patient record — surgical history, psychiatric notes, billing details — to an employer conducting a routine
In 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.3 million after investigators found systemic failures in safeguarding patient records — failures that traced back
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