Hospitals should review their HIPAA sanctions policy
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, July 6, 2009
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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinic Health (HITECH) Act changed the ballgame for sanctions related to HIPAA violations.
The law provides a tiered system for assessing the level and penalty of each violation. CMS, which enforces the HIPAA Security Rule, and OCR, which enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, can supersede the following limits, but with a cap of $50,000 per violation and $1.5 million for the calendar year for the same type of violation.
Read the full article by HealthLeaders Media’s Dom Nicastro.
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