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Providers' Breach Reports Lead To Wide-Ranging HIPAA Investigations

Published on Thu Dec 17, 2015

Stolen laptop costs provider $850,000. Under the law, you have to report HIPAA breaches to the HHS Office for Civil Rights. But such a report could bring a whole new level of HIPAA scrutiny to your organization. Learn some breach reporting dos and don’ts from these recent cases. Case #1: Stolen Laptop Background: In August 2011, a laptop was stolen [...]
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