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Pharmacy Makes Big HIPAA Settlement.

If you've been leaving HIPAA complianceon the back burner, there's a good reason to move it up -- make that a million good reasons. Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's health privacy provisions, according to a release from the OIG. The settlement comes after "an extensive joint investigation by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the [Federal Trade Commission]," the OIG notes. In 2006, WTHR in Indianapolis taped Rite Aid improperly disposing of pill bottles with customers' medication information on them, the TV channel notes on its website.
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