Fines per HIPAA violation can range from $137 for lack of knowledge, all the way up to over $68,000 for willful neglect, with a maximum annual penalty of over $2 million.

December 2024 was an active month for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"). OCR announced (i) ...

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Anthem was fined $16 million, the largest penalty imposed for a for a HIPAA violation, but experts worry such a fine would barely deter today's healthcare giants. Change Healthcare alerted the ...

A covered entity's failure to comply with the rules, intentionally or even unintentionally, could have ramifications of civil and even criminal penalties. Congress has prescribed civil penalties ...