OCR Cracking Down on HIPAA Violations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has a primary goal of protecting the confidentiality and security of healthcare in formation, and has established standards for electronic data interchange (EDI). HIPAA is celebrating its twenty-first...

The Consequences of HIPAA Violations

 The below tiered civil penalty structure was established from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Secretary of HHS still has discretion in determining the penalty amount based on the nature and extent of the violation as well as the nature and...