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settlement

$5.5 million HIPAA settlement shines light on the importance of audit controls: $5,500,000

Resolution Feb 2017

Penalty

$5,500,000

Action type

Settlement

Entity profile

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Case number

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What went wrong

$5.5 million HIPAA settlement shines light on the importance of audit controls

Timeline

  • ResolutionFeb 2017
  • Incident and investigation milestones are not consistently published by OCR in machine-readable form.

Key takeaways for your organization

  • Align policies, procedures, and evidence with the specific CFR provisions cited in OCR resolutions affecting your entity type.
  • Run tabletop exercises for breach response, OCR inquiry handling, and privilege-preserving communications with counsel.
  • Revisit business associate inventory and downstream vendor security assurances after major enforcement themes in your sector.

Related actions

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000

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$600,000

Allergy Practice pays $125,000 to settle doctor's disclosure of patient information to a reporter

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$125,000

Judge rules in favor of OCR and requires a Texas cancer center to pay $4.3 million in penalties for HIPAA violations

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$4,300,000

Source

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services release

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. medcomply.ai aggregates public materials for educational use, not legal advice.