Alaska's Medicaid to pay $1.7 million for HIPAA violations; second largest settlement to date
HIM-HIPAA Insider, July 9, 2012
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Alaska’s Medicaid program has agreed to pay OCR $1.7 million over potential HIPAA Security Rule violations, OCR announced in a June 26 press release.
OCR reported that Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), the state Medicaid agency, did not have adequate policies and procedures in place to safeguard PHI when a USB hard drive was stolen from an employee’s vehicle.
OCR also found in its investigation that Alaska had not:
- Completed a risk analysis
- Implemented sufficient risk management measures
- Completed security training for its workforce members
- Implemented device and media controls
- Addressed device and media encryption as required by the HIPAA Security Rule
Editor’s note: Read more on the HIPAA Update blog.
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