{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Health & Human Services Getting Serious on HIPAA Violations","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WoatMEs5q9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/hipaa-violations\/\">Health &#038; Human Services Getting Serious on HIPAA Violations<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/hipaa-violations\/embed\/#?secret=WoatMEs5q9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Health &#038; Human Services Getting Serious on HIPAA Violations&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"WoatMEs5q9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Cignet Health and Massachusetts General Hospital found out the HHS is getting serious about HIPAA violations. HHS imposed a $4.3 million penalty on Cignet Health for HIPAA violations and Mass General agreed to pay the Feds $1 million to settle potential HIPAA violations. Mass General\u2019s case involved the loss of protected health information (PHI) of 192 patients of Mass General\u2019s Infectious Disease Associates outpatient practice.\u00a0 That works out to over $5000 per record lost.\u00a0 Cignet\u2019s was found to violate 41 patients\u2019 rights by denying them access to their medical records. In 2010, Rite Aid agreed to pay $1 million to settle a HIPAA privacy case after failing to safeguard consumer information. HIPAA has been in place for a long time now, but its enforcement and the financial impact of violations have been hard to pinpoint until recently.\u00a0 With these cases, it\u2019s become apparent that violations can be expensive. IT shares the responsibility for HIPAA protection of all medical electronic records and patient information.\u00a0 With the recent HIPAA enforcement actions, it\u2019s becoming increasingly important that health care IT runs in a secure, audited data center. IT can assure HIPAA compliant hosting by running its servers and data storage in HIPAA compliant..."}