Compliance
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Read MoreFailure to Protect Health Records Costs Covered Entity Millions and Leads to Bankruptcy
21st Century Oncology, Inc. (21CO) has agreed to pay $2.3 million in lieu of potential civil money penalties to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and…
Read MoreOver $1 Billion in Damages Sought in Lawsuit Against 60 Hospitals for HITECH Act Violations
A recently unsealed complaint, filed in a U.S. District Court in Indiana in 2016, seeks more than $1 billion in damages from 60 hospitals that received HITECH Act meaningful use incentive payments for transitioning to electronic health records, yet failed to meet the requirements of the HITECH Act with respect to providing patients, and their…
Read MoreCybersecurity Compliance Deadlines Loom
Earlier this year, the New York State Department of Financial Services laid out new cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies. These rules (codified in 23 NYCRR 500) took effect on March 1 and established an array of “regulatory minimum standards” that companies must now meet. When all is said and done, financial services companies will…
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