10 Tips For Avoiding Privacy Breaches—And Penalties

March 14, 2010

Did you know that if a health care provider organization fails to secure health information privacy, penalties of up to $1.5 million can be imposed? The HITECH—or Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health—Act means business when it comes to ensuring that the electronic transmission of health information remains safe and secure, as organizations can be penalized even if the covered entity didn't know about the problem to begin with. An organization's level of culpability in a violation will determine how intense . . .