by Patrick Kennedy | Jul 23, 2014 | HIPAA News
A civil action lawsuit arising from HIPAA violations caused by a physician at the Johns Hopkins Health System has been settled for a $190 million. The settlement arose due to a HIPAA Privacy Rule violation caused by an obstetrician and gynecologist who had used a...
by Patrick Kennedy | Jul 17, 2014 | HIPAA News
Texan prosecutors recent;y filed an indictment in the Tyler District Court against Joshua Hippler, a 30-year-old former worker at an unnamed hospital in East Texas. In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, individuals and...
by Patrick Kennedy | Jul 9, 2014 | HIPAA News
Over the past year the number of reported violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations has gone through the roof. The Department of Health and Human Services has seen a massive increase in late 2013 with the upward trend...
by Patrick Kennedy | Jul 1, 2014 | HIPAA News
The state of healthcare compliance in the US has been reviewed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, following a survey carried out this summer. A report on the survey findings has now been released with the results showing that compliance is often not being given the importance...
