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In 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,000 after an investigation revealed it had allowed a business associate to access
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for $1.3 million after investigators discovered that workforce members had never received adequate HIPAA training — despite
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for over $100,000 after an investigation revealed that staff routinely sent unencrypted emails containing protected health
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed that a former employee had accessed over 2,700
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed systemic failures across multiple
In 2023, OCR settled with a solo dental practice in New England for $30,000—not because of a massive data breach, but because the
In 2024, OCR settled a case with a healthcare provider that had been storing patient records in a cloud-based email platform — without a signed Business
In 2023, a mid-size health plan received a corrective action from OCR after an investigation revealed that staff responsible for processing electronic claims had never
In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with Montefiore Medical Center after a workforce member stole protected health information (PHI) of over
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after an investigation revealed — among other failures — that the organization had never
In 2024, OCR settled with a business associate — a medical transcription company — for $1.2 million after a breach investigation revealed that not a single
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after investigators found the organization had failed to implement even the most
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