Millions in privacy violations wake-up the healthcare industry

The government has imposed fines on businesses of all sizes when they violate the new privacy laws. Unfortunately, the laws are very easy to violate, and not every business is versed on them. While destroying document in the mean streets of Louisville, A Plus Paper Shredding is always espousing the necessity of using a professional paper shredding company. Here's an example why:

Millions in privacy violations wake-up the healthcare industry

What can healthcare organizations learn from the multi- million dollar penalties recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for privacy violations?

Recently, the OCR singled out two prominent healthcare organizations—Cignet Health of Maryland with a penalty of $4.3 million dollars and Massachusetts General with a settlement of $1 million—both for allegedly violating the Federal HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule, the rule that protects the privacy of patient healthcare information.

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