Monday 25 July 2016

UMMC Agrees to $2.75M HIPAA Settlement after Multiple Violations

The University of Mississippi Medical Center allegedly had multiple HIPAA violations that caused a health data breach, leading to a $2.75 million HIPAA settlement with the Office for Civil Rights.

Following numerous reports of alleged HIPAA violations that led to a healthcare data breach, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) recently agreed to a $2.75 million HIPAA settlement. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explained on its website that it had investigated UMMC because of a reported health data breach that reportedly affected 10,000 individuals. Following the investigation, OCR determined that the medical center did not take adequate risk management security measures, even after UMMC was aware of certain risks and vulnerabilities to its system. For the full article click here 



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