Administrative/Regulatory
Jul. 19, 2016
HIPAA enforcement reaches historic level
In the first half of the year, regulators collected more than $9 million in HIPAA fines, a number that surpasses the previous annual record, which was $7.9 million in 2014.
Mary Ellen Callahan
The Walt Disney CompanyEmail: mary.ellen.callahan@disney.com
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The first half of 2016 saw a historic level of Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement actions brought by the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services and as well as the first enforcement action against a business associate. In the first half of the year, OCR collected more than $9 million in HIPAA fines, a number that surpasses the previous annual record, which ...
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