Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed systemic failures in risk
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, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled or imposed penalties in cases totaling over $4 million — many involving organizations that simply failed
In 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled or imposed penalties in cases totaling over $4 million — many of which traced back to organizations
In February 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $30,000 after investigators found the organization had no written HIPAA policies,
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, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after investigators found the organization had no written policies addressing either patient privacy or
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 2024, OCR settled a HIPAA enforcement case with Montefiore Medical Center for $4.75 million after a workforce member stole protected health information on
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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