HHS OCR Continues Active HIPAA Enforcement with Three New Settlements

In the past several weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced settlements with three health care organizations — Comstar, LLC (“Comstar”); Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (“GMHA”); and Vision Upright MRI (“Vision Upright”) — for alleged violations of the HIPAA Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule….
By: Saul Ewing LLP