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HHS imposes 7 figure fine for breach of HIPAA; soon to be the norm?

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2011

In case you missed the OCR announcement late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was imposing a civil money penalty of $4.3 million dollars against Cignet Health for various violations of HIPAA

HHS withdrawing breach notification final rule - temporarily

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it was temporarily withdrawing the breach notification final rule from review of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow HHS further time to consider these regulations

Government agencies enforce HITECH Act regulations

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 26 2010

As of February 22, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) began enforcement of data breach notification requirements explained in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH Act”