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Small Provider Slapped With 6-Figure HIPAA Settlement

Published on Fri Jun 19, 2015

Pharmacy serving hospice patients sees settlement based on paper records breach. It may not be a large-scale federal HIPAA audit initiative that exposes you to huge fines and settlements. The local press getting a whiff of improprieties with patients’ health information is enough to sink you, a recent example shows. After receiving notification from a local Denver news outlet, the [...]
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