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HIPAA:

Avoid Privacy Breaches With a Few Key Tips

Published on Wed Jul 14, 2021

You should take HIPAA seriously — because insurers do. Ever wonder whether the government is still taking HIPAA seriously? The Office of Civil Rights (OCR), which oversees the HIPAA program, scored one of its biggest settlements of all time last year, and has been on a roll in 2021 as well. Last fall, an Arkansas-based otolaryngology practice revealed that an [...]
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