Nov 26, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) imposed civil monetary penalties (CMP) of $3 million and $1.6 million for HIPAA violations in the first half of November. $3 million CMP: Failure to Encrypt Devices In 2010, the University of...
Oct 23, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
Roger Severino, Director of the U.S. Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently provided an update on OCR’s HIPAA enforcement priorities at a conference in Washington, D.C. During his talk, Director Severino noted that patient access to...
Aug 27, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) prohibits the knowing submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the federal government. Many states have their own version of the FCA, prohibiting the same conduct in relation to state programs. Although the FCA is often...
