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FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO EXPLORE HIPAA RULES ON DATA ENCRYPTION
FEB 10, 2015 | HIPAAJOURNAL | NO COMMENT | HEALTHCARE DATA SECURITY On Friday last week, a day after Anthem Inc., announced the largest ever reported HIPAA breach, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee announced that the healthcare IT security is to be addressed and that it will “take up the matter as…
Read MoreHusband and Wife Convicted in Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme
USAO-SDTX – 150202 – Owuama HOUSTON – William Owuama, 55, and Marla Owuama, 47, of Houston, have entered guilty pleas to charges related to a healthcare fraud scheme in which they billed Medicare for more than $9 million, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. William Owuama was the owner of Wilmar Healthcare Systems and his wife…
Read MoreFort Worth Chiropractor Sentenced to 12 months in Federal Prison for Heathcare Fraud Case
USDOJ: US Attorney’s Office – Northern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 FORT WORTH, Texas — The owner/operator of a chiropractic clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning on a federal felony conviction stemming from her submission of false reimbursement claims to Medicare and Medicaid, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John…
Read MoreHome Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Miami Health Care Fraud Scheme
Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Miami Health Care Fraud Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Miami Health Care Fraud Scheme Patient Recruiter Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Participating In The Same…
Read MoreSecond Breach Involving Unencrypted Laptop from Riverside County Regional Medical Center
ABC News reports that an unencrypted laptop that went missing from Riverside County Regional Medical Center in December may have contained personal information of nearly 7,900 patients. At first, this new report appeared to be an update of a breach disclosure the center made in June, when they reported notifying 563 patients of a missing laptop that had…
Read MoreHIPAA Enforcement to be Ramped Up
HIPAA Enforcement to be Ramped Up Healthcare Technology Trends for 2015 – HIPAA Journal The Office for Civil Rights delayed its proposed round of compliance audits last year, and while a timescale has not been provided for when they will recommence, OCR Director, Jocelyn Samuels, has promised they will be recommencing ‘expeditiously’. The OCR has…
Read More$9.87 Million Settlement with Safeway for Improperly Disposing Pharmacy Records
California prosecutors have reached a $9.87 million settlement with the grocery store chain Safeway for improperly disposing of pharmacy records and hazardous waste in dumpsters. The patient records contained private and confidential medical information and should have been destroyed or rendered unreadable according to California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act and the Health Insurance Portability…
Read MoreWalgreens Employee’s $1.44M HIPAA Violation Upheld in Court
Employee’s HIPAA Violation Results in $1.44 Million Jury Verdict Against Employer | Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. | A Kansas City, MO Law Firm Last month, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a $1.44 million jury verdict against Walgreens and a pharmacist employed by Walgreens for breaching their duties to keep customer prescription history private. In this…
Read MoreDentist Office Fined $12,000 for HIPAA Violations
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has issued its first fine for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act violations pursuant to section 13410(e) of the HITECH Act. The fine of $12,000 was issued to former Kokomo dentist, Joseph Beck, for illegally disposing of the Protected Health Information of his patients. 63 boxes of personal records containing…
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