North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota had to pay $1.55 million in a settlement, for failing to enter into a Business Associate Agreement with a major contractor.The University of California Los Angeles Health System was fined $865,000 for failing to restrict access to medical records.Here are some other examples of HIPAA violations: Fortunately (for the New York-Presbyterian Hospital) the breach of PHI was settled for $3.3 million.” – Marc Ladin, The Importance of HIPAA Compliance: 7 Things You Should Know This meant that when the New York-Presbyterian Hospital inadvertently disclosed the unsecured records of 6,800 patients on the Internet, the potential fine for the violation of HIPAA could have been as much as $340 million. “The enactment of the Final Omnibus Rule in 2013 doubled the maximum fine for a single violation of HIPAA from $25,000 to $50,000 per compromised patient record. Take, for example, the 2014 case in which the New York Presbyterian Hospital accidentally disclosed the records of 6,800 patients, making them available online and fully Google-able. If your organization violates HIPAA regulations, you can face a jaw-dropping fine. Last year, 510 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported, which represents a 196% increase from 2018.” – Steve Alder, 2019 Healthcare Data Breach Report “Figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights breach portal show a major increase in healthcare data breaches in 2019. This can feel daunting, especially if you consider the continuous rise in data breaches experienced by the healthcare industry, particularly in the US. You simply have no option but to comply with HIPAA policies and procedures. If you are a healthcare provider that comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI), HIPAA compliance is not voluntary. There’s no way of getting around HIPAA rules.
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