Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
In 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an investigation revealed that protected health information stored on a network
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 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed protected health information to
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 June 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed unencrypted patient records stored on a network server with
In 2011, a small physician practice in the Midwest received a patient's written request for an accounting of disclosures. The office manager had
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had no documentation of its risk analysis, policies,
In 2019, OCR launched its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative — and since then, it has settled more than 45 enforcement actions specifically targeting organizations that
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 February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with a hospital system that had failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk analysis for over
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
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