Recent Case Impacts HIPAA and HITECH Act Penalties
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces the privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (the HITECH Act). HHS has a history of imposing staggering penalties under HIPAA and/or the HITECH Act, usually where failures were egregious or where the covered entity failed to correct issues raised by HHS......
By: White and Williams LLP