Oct 5, 2020 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Coming in second can sometimes be a good thing. But not when you’re on the receiving end of a HIPAA fine and have to pay out $6.9 million like Premera Blue Cross. The insurer is the largest health plan in the Pacific Northwest, serving more than 2 million people. This...
Oct 5, 2020 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Coming in second can sometimes be a good thing. But not when you’re on the receiving end of a HIPAA fine and have to pay out $6.9 million like Premera Blue Cross. The insurer is the largest health plan in the Pacific Northwest, serving more than 2 million people. This...
Feb 10, 2020 | HIPAA Violations, HSN
40 Million The US state with the highest population is California. At the end of 2019, it was 39.56 million. That’s A LOT of people, right? Yes. However, according to the recent study published by Fortified Health Security, 40 MILLION Americans were affected by a...
Jan 6, 2020 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Fender Bender In Carroll County, Georgia, there was a vehicle accident of an unusual kind recently. It resulted in the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) slapping a $65,000 fine on West Georgia Ambulance when they were found to...
Dec 9, 2019 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Crazy Eight If only we were talking about a card game. Unfortunately, for Sentara Hospital, we aren’t. Instead, we are referring to them receiving the unwanted title of being the eighth recipient of a HIPAA financial penalty in 2019. This $2.175 million fine is...
Nov 12, 2019 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
When DADS Don’t Know Best No, we aren’t talking about Father Knows Best here. We are referencing the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS). In 2017 it was added to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), which is comprised of childcare...
