- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2023-09-13T19:57:00
A Los Angeles County healthcare organization agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) it potentially violated the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to the settlement with the HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) addressing alleged noncompliance with HIPAA’s Security and Privacy Rules, the agency announced in a press release Monday.
The rules govern the security of electronic protected health information and require notification in the case of a breach.
2024-02-07T21:51:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Montefiore Medical Center agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle allegations by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights that failures by the New York City nonprofit facility allowed an employee to steal and sell patient information for six months.
2023-11-21T17:43:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center agreed to pay $80,000 as part of a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2023-11-01T22:10:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Doctors’ Management Service agreed to pay $100,000 in settling the first ransomware agreement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act reached by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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