Vanderbilt University Medical Center is under federal investigation after it turned transgender patients’ medical records over to Tennessee’s attorney general. HHS launched the investigation a couple weeks after two VUMC patients filed a class-action lawsuit against the hospital for releasing their records to the attorney general.
Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Complaints have recently been filed with the DOJ, IRS and HHS' civil rights office.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Fort Myers, Florida-based 21st Century Oncology, which operates a total of 179 treatment centers in the United States and Latin America, has agreed to pay $2.3 million to HHS' Office for Civil Rights to settle HIPAA violations.
After a 2011 phishing incident, Metro Community Provider Network has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle claims that it violated HIPAA.
The amount is the largest such settlement to date reached with a single organization, according to HHS.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights said that the hospital made an "egregious disclosure" of two patients' protected health information to the crew and staff of the ABC documentary series.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
North Memorial Health Care in Minnesota settled for $1.55 million, while Northwell Health's Feinstein Institute for Medical Research on Long Island will pay $3.9 million, both related to stolen laptops and lax security procedures.
For years, hospitals have been using HIPAA as an excuse not to release records, even though the rules actually say otherwise.
That's a question raised by a New York Times story about a New Jersey man whose mental health diagnosis and records were disclosed in a lawsuit over unpaid doctor bills.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights fined St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., in a settlement of HIPAA allegations of lax Internet security, even as The New York Times reported on a health system using Skype.
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Health privacy expert Deven McGraw has been named deputy director of health information privacy in the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.