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Physician Hospitalist Group Settles with OCR and Enters Into a Resolution Agreement for Failure to Have HIPAA Policies and Business Associate Agreement in Place

By Paulette Thomas on December 18, 2018 Posted in Medical Privacy

On Dec. 5, 2018, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) had entered into a $500,000 settlement and resolution agreement (RA) resulting from OCR’s investigation of ACH’s breach notification on April 11, 2014, and subsequent supplemental notification. On … Continue Reading

One Week, $5.45 Million in Resolution Agreements for HIPAA Violations

By Lynn Sessions and Suchismita Pahi on April 5, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) continued its run of resolution agreements for HIPAA violations, pulling in $5.45 million from just two entities, North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota (NMHCM) and theFeinstein Institute for Medical Research (Feinstein), in a single week. The resolution agreements emphasize that business associate agreements and … Continue Reading