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Colorado Healthcare Provider Fined $111,000 For HIPAA Violations

It seems that the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights is increasing enforcement actions against health care providers and their vendors (known as business associates).  While one might have suspected that enforcement actions would be down under this administration, in fact, the opposite is true and fines are up. In […]

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Office Of Civil Rights At HHS Starting Up Audits Again

The Office Of Civil Rights (OCR) has been pretty quiet these last couple of years regarding HIPAA audits, but that may be about to change. OCR’s staff is small, so they have hired a contractor, FCI,  according to the Federal Register. In an interview, deputy director Deven McGraw says that they will be starting up […]

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