Spartanburg Breach Affects 400,000…But They’re Not Telling According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) webpage listing breaches of PHI over 500, a theft affecting an originally unreleased number of patients turned out to have impacted approximately 4,000 patients…times 100. You’d...
UCLAHS Settles Potential HIPAA Violations The HHS OCR has announced its settlement with the University of California Los Angeles Health System (UCLAHS) for potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. The settlement and resulting Resolution Agreement resolved two...
Doctor Faces Criminal Charges for Wrongful Disclosures under “False Pretenses” Tripping on the heels of the HIPAA criminal charges against Chelsea Catherine Stewart for theft of patient information, (see my previous post on June 14, 2011), a physician was indicted June 21, 2011 on three...
Hospital Theft Leads to HIPAA Criminal Charges An Alabama woman has been slapped with criminal charges in connection with the theft of patient information from Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, as reported by The Birmingham News. Section 1320d-6 imposes criminal penalties...
Class Action Sought for Charleston Area Medical Center Breach Patients affected by a West Virginia hospital breach that went undetected for several months are seeking certification as a class action as reported by Health Data Management. Five of the approximately 3,655 affected...
Meaningful Use Missing for Behavioral/Mental Health As Meaningful Use participation kicks off this year, eligible health care providers and facilities are scrambling to make sure they will qualify for the incentive payments being shelled out by the Medicare and Medicai EHR Incentive...