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Beware: A HIPAA Breach May Bring You More Than Health Information Law-Related Penalties

Published on Fri Mar 21, 2014

If you have a HIPAA security breach, you know you could face the wrath of the HHS Office for Civil Rights. But did you know that you could also face enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission? So says a recent court decision involving the Atlanta-based medical laboratory LabMD Inc. On Aug. 29, 2013, the FTC filed an administrative complaint [...]
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