Physicians Practice March 11, 2020
Per HITECH Act regulations, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) publishes a rolling list of protected health information (PHI) breaches which affect more than 500 individuals on their Breach Portal, colloquially known as the “Wall of Shame.”
Amy Wood, Breach mitigation specialist and HIPAA educator of ACS Technologies LLC, says, “if you are not familiar with this site, you should be. It is extremely informative in understanding the trends in which OCR is focusing their attention.”
The maximum penalty for a single breach is $1.5 million per year. For one violation, fines can range from $100-$50,000 for each instance of wrongdoing.
The Paubox team exported all reported incidents from HHS’s official Breach Portal from January 1,...
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