- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2023-11-21T17:43:00
An academic medical center in New York agreed to pay $80,000 as part of a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center impermissibly disclosed the protected health information of Covid-19 patients to the Associated Press (AP) for an article on its response to the public health emergency, the OCR said in a press release Monday.
In April 2020, Saint Joseph’s allowed an AP reporter to observe three patients being treated for Covid-19. The media outlet’s article included photographs and information about the facility’s patients that was presented without their consent.
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2023-12-08T16:48:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Louisiana-based Lafourche Medical Group agreed to pay $480,000 as part of the first phishing attack-related settlement the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reached under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2023-11-13T20:15:00Z By Adrianne Appel
New guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services is designed to apply generally to the healthcare industry, from doctors to pharmaceutical manufacturers, and help all such entities self-monitor their compliance and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
2023-11-01T22:10:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Doctors’ Management Service agreed to pay $100,000 in settling the first ransomware agreement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act reached by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
2025-03-27T13:11:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued penalties against PwC and a former auditor over deficiencies on work related to the 2019 financial statements of now shuttered Wyelands Bank.
2025-03-27T12:49:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.
2025-03-26T18:48:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The European Commission released its preliminary findings last week regarding Apple and Google not complying with the Digital Markets Act. It issued orders to both companies regarding their business practice and plans to release all of its findings next week.
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