by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Dec 7, 2020 | HIPAA
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has continued to press its enforcement efforts in support of patient’s right to access to records, in the midst of the COVID pandemic-related relaxation of enforcement for some...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Mar 6, 2020 | HIPAA
In its first HIPAA settlement of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fined a sole practitioner $100,000 for HIPAA violations. The gastroenterological practice, Steven A. Porter, M.D., filed a breach report with OCR in...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Jan 2, 2013 | HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated the Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C., of Concord, Mass., (APDerm) after receiving a report that an unencrypted thumb drive containing the electronic protected health...
