Second Major HIPAA Enforcement Action
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Federal authorities continue to move forward with unprecedented enforcement of HIPAA violations.  Massachusetts General Hospital entered into a $1 million settlement, plus corrective actions, in response to an employee’s loss of scheduling documents that included information on patients with HIV/AIDS.   The employee reportedly left the documents on a subway train.  For more information, click here.

 

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