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PPV: Covered entity pays for a potential HIPAA violation
EHR Connection, September 22, 2008
HHS has thrown down the gauntlet; HIPAA violations may now come with a price. HHS and Seattle-based Providence Health & Services recently entered into a Resolution Agreement to settle potential HIPAA privacy and security rule violations that occurred in 2005 and 2006, according to a July 17 HHS press release.
The agreement includes a payment to HHS and a corrective action plan for the health system. It requires Providence to pay HHS $100,000 and to implement a “robust” corrective action plan to help protect its electronic PHI from theft or loss in the future.
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