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National Chain Deals With HIPAA Breach

Published on Fri Jan 02, 2015

HIPAA penalties aren’t the only possible damage from a slip with patients’ protected health information. Bad publicity, which could affect your credibility with referral sources and potential patients, is another possible consequence of a HIPAA breach. Case in point: Records for 17 Amedisys hospice patients from 2010 were found blowing around the side of a highway in Butler, Tenn., according [...]
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