(MedPage Today) — The East Coast’s largest drugstore chain, Rite Aid, settled a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy violation case with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for $1 million. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
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Pharmacy Chain to Pay HHS $1 Million for Privacy Violations
Rite Aid settles potential HIPAA violations for $1M
Rite Aid Corp. and its 40 related entities have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
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Rite Aid pays HHS $1M over HIPAA violations
Rite Aid, along with its 40 affiliated entities, have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
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Physicians may be responsible when employees commit HIPAA violations
Dr. Eczema has a very large dermatology practice and performs studies on new treatments for a variety
of dermatoses. Recently, one of the pharmaceutical companies with which Dr. Eczema works contacted his research
nurse to ask her to provide a copy of all of this electronic data, which she does. A former research [...]
Price of HIPAA violations to soar to $1.5 million maximum
The federal government is clearing the way to increase to $1.5 million the maximum penalty for
violations of rules under HIPAA. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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