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HHS Switches Up Your Potential HIPAA Breach Penalty Fees

Published on Fri Jul 12, 2019

Big changes to annual limits are being implemented. In an announcement that shocked providers across the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) guidance this spring. Despite mounting collections in 2018, the feds announced that they were drastically reducing penalty caps for HIPAA violations — active immediately. Background: HHS published the “Notification of [...]
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