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Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) recently agreed to enter into a $650,000 resolution agreement and a two-year corrective action plan (CAP) with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). CHCS provides management and information technology services as a business associate to six nursing homes. The OCR settlement follows a finding that CHCS violated the HIPAA Security Rule, which requires business associates to conduct enterprise-wide security risk analyses and to prepare corresponding risk management plans. 

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Business Associates in the Crosshairs: Catholic Health Care Services Settles for $650,000 for Failure to Safeguard PHI