Search Tag: HIPAA Violation
2020 19 Mar
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is lifting penalties for healthcare providers that use telehealth during the COVID-19 crisis that violates HIPAA regulations. The lift of restrictions is enabling healthcare providers to have a wider reach to patients at a time when...Read more
2017 29 May
Unlawful disclosure of protected health information (PHI) has cost a New York City hospital a $387,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Spencer Cox Center for Health, now the Institute for Advanced Medicine run by St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, was penalised following a complaint received...Read more