Orthopedic clinic pays $750,000 to settle HIPAA charges

From ADA News

A North Carolina orthopedic clinic has agreed to pay $750,000 to the federal government to settle charges that the clinic potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 2013 by giving patient information to a potential business partner without an agreement.

Source: Orthopedic clinic pays $750,000 to settle HIPAA charges

More HIPAA horror.

This story from the ADA states that the clinic was fined three quarters of a million dollars just because they failed to execute a business associate agreement (BA) with a company that was duplicating x-rays.

There is no indication that any patient data was compromised, no patients suffered identity theft or were harmed in any way. The clinic simply failed to do some paper work.

by: Larry Emmott at May 17, 2016.