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HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $70,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against Gums Dental Care for Failure to Provide Timely Access to Patient Records — $70,000

Resolution Oct 2024

Penalty

$70,000

Action type

Civil money penalty

Entity profile

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Case number

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What went wrong

HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $70,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against Gums Dental Care for Failure to Provide Timely Access to Patient Records - October 17, 2024

Timeline

  • ResolutionOct 2024
  • 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

OCR Resolves Twentieth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative with $80,000 Settlement

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$80,000

Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations

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$25,000

HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $200,000 Penalty Against Oregon Health & Science University for Failure to Provide Timely Access to Patient Records

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$200,000

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.