Massachusetts Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.5m After Stolen Laptop HIPAA Violation

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Boston-based hospital, agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HSS earlier this week, settling a HIPAA violation stemming from a 2010 incident. The agreement acknowledges that the hospital failed to comply with...

BlueCross BlueShield to Pay $1.5m for HIPAA Violation

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee agreed to pony up $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS for a HIPAA violation in 2009, according to a ComputerWorld report. This payment is the settlement of a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...

UCLA Health Services Pays $865K, Settles HIPAA Violations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS this week announced that the University of California at Los Angeles Health Services UCLAHS has agreed to pay a $865,000 fine and pledged to tweak their infrastructure after potentially breaking the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabili...