tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2011 Issue 6

Industry News: HHS Slaps $1 Million HIPAA Fine On Provider For Lost Data

Warning: HIPAA enforcement is ramping up. The feds don't seem afraid to use their HIPAA fining power, and it was one employee's innocent mistake that cost $1 million. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has fined the General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. in Boston $1 million over an incident where a Mass General employee left files on a subway train that were never recovered. "We hope the health care industry will take a close look at this agreement and recognize that OCR is serious about HIPAA enforcement," OCR...

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