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Prepare to Pay if You Commit HIPAA Civil Violations

Published on Tue Feb 01, 2022

Question: What are the financial penalties covered entities (CE) could face for HIPAA violations? Colorado Subscriber Answer: The responsibility of enforcing HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules rests with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). If the OCR determines a CE violated Privacy and Security Rules, they will try to obtain a resolution agreement, corrective [...]
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