HIPAA Violation Articles
HIPAA Articles
Listed below are a selection of HIPAA articles providing further information and guidance on HIPAA compliance for healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates of covered entities. These articles include clarifications of HIPAA Rules, proposed updates, and new guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and other public and private sector organizations.
Final FDA Premarket Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers on Secure Data Exchange
OCR Issues Guidance on the Correct Response to a Cyberattack
Guidance on Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps Issued by NIST
OCR Updates HIPAA Privacy Rule Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
FDA Issues Final Cybersecurity Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers
FTC Releases Data Breach Response Guidance
Guidance on HIPAA and Cloud Computing Issued by HHS
ONC Guidance for Negotiating EHR Contracts
Ransomware Guidance Issued by OCR
OCR Issues Guidance on Health App Use
OCR Issues Guidance on Telehealth and HIPAA During Coronavirus Pandemic
OCR Issues Guidance on Allowable Disclosures of PHI to First Responders During the COVID-19 Crisis
OCR Issues Guidance on Media and Film Crew Access to Healthcare Facilities
Guidance on Contacting COVID-19 Patients to Request Blood and Plasma Donations
OCR Issues Guidance on Disclosures of PHI to Health Information Exchanges under HIPAA
HIPAA Violation News Articles
Our HIPAA violation news articles provide further information on confirmed HIPAA violations, civil monetary penalties for HIPAA violations, and settlements reached with covered entities by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, state attorneys general, and other regulators. You will also find details of lawsuits that have been filed over HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rule violations.
2020 HIPAA Violation Cases and Penalties
HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General
OCR Imposes 2nd Largest Ever HIPAA Penalty of $6.85 Million on Premera Blue Cross
Excellus Health Plan Settles HIPAA Violation Case and Pays $5.1 Million Penalty
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Has $4.3 Million OCR HIPAA Fine Overturned on Appeal
Vermont Attorney General Settles Breach Case with Tech Company
Anthem Settles Class Action Lawsuit over World’s Largest Healthcare Data Breach
Center for Children’s Digestive Health Settlement for Business Associate Agreement Failures
OCR Announces Record $5.5 Million HIPAA Settlement with Memorial Healthcare Systems
MAPFRE Life Assurance Company Agrees $2.2 Million HIPAA Settlement
$475,000 Settlement Agreed for Breach Notification Rule Violation
$400,000 Settlement Agreed for Lack of a HIPAA-Compliant BAA
OCR Announces $5.5 Million HIPAA Settlement with Advocate Health Care Network
University of Mississippi to Pay OCR $2.75 Million to Resolve HIPAA Violation Case
HIPAA Breach Articles
Our HIPAA breach articles section contains reports of healthcare data breaches that have impacted more than 500 individuals, including hacking and IT incidents, improper disposal of physical protected health information, loss and theft of devices containing ePHI, unauthorized disclosures of PHI and other insider and third-party errors that have resulted in the exposure or theft of sensitive health data.
Largest Healthcare Data Breaches in 2020
Jail Terms for HIPAA Violations by Employees
What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
AMCA Data Breach Victim Count Swells to Almost 25 Million Records
PeaceHealth Employee Accessed Medical Records Without Authorization for Almost 6 Years
Ransomware Attack Potentially Impacts 128,000 Arkansas Patients
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Announces 2,000 Patients’ Impacted by Phishing Scam
5 Months to Notify Patients of Augusta University Medical Center Phishing Attack
Hospital Employee Fired Over 26,000-Record Arkansas DHS Privacy Breach
Hand Rehabilitation Specialists Suffers Breach of Almost 13,000 Patients’ PHI
106,000 Mid-Michigan Physicians’ Patients Potentially Impacted by Breach
Third-Party Mailing Error Sees Aetna Plan Members’ HIV Status Disclosed
4-Month Data Breach Discovered During Ransomware Investigation: 300,000 Patients Impacted