Courts have held that HIPAA does not create a federal ... the plaintiff could form a state law case. According to the report, the plaintiff in the case alleged Washington University unlawfully ...

Doctors, health insurance companies, and third-party providers must follow HIPAA. If you suspect someone has violated HIPAA, you can report it to ... any of your HIPAA forms to avoid accidentally ...

Along with the number of HIPAA violations, the annual report on the act protecting health ... OCR reported that the most common form of breach was hacking, and the largest attack of this kind ...

Ultimately, HIPAA ... violations is now sitting at $1.5 million per incident. Penalties range from fines to employees being fired to closing an office and even potential jail time (in the event of ...

According to a recent report by the Office for Civil ... information in either paper or electronic form Private practices are the top offenders of HIPAA breaches. Michelle Caswell, senior director ...

When asked whether she was vaccinated, Greene told reporters that asking about her vaccine status was a HIPAA violation. Greene is not the only one spreading this claim, which has spread ...

To start 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its first resolution agreement of the year and its first settlement with a county government ...