HIPAA Enforcement Action: Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations 

From the HHS site “Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability …

HIPAA Enforcement Action: OCR Settles Eighteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative 

From the HHS site “The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its eighteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access of their health records at a reasonable cost under the …