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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 December 2023, the HHS Office for Civil Rights published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would represent the most significant overhaul of the
When OCR announced a $4.8 million settlement with New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University in 2014, the enforcement action underscored a regulatory landscape that
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 February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with a healthcare system that failed to implement even basic safeguards for protected health information.
In February 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.25 million after investigators found a fundamental gap: the organization had never conducted a
In January 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $4.75 million after investigators found the organization had failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk
When OCR settled with Premera Blue Cross for $6.85 million in 2020, the enforcement action didn't hinge on a single failure. Investigators
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $1.3 million after investigators found the organization had no process for identifying or responding to
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed the organization had failed to implement even basic technical
When OCR settled with Premera Blue Cross for $6.85 million in 2020, the root cause wasn't a single missing firewall or an
In 2023, a dental practice in Texas paid a $50,000 settlement after a staff member texted a patient's diagnosis and insurance details
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