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Florida contractor physicians' group shares protected health information with unknown vendor without a business associate agreement - December 4, 2018

This contains links to information about OCR enforcement actions for a failure to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule business associate agreement requirements

Final

Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Issue Date: July 10, 1905

Florida contractor physicians' group shares protected health information with unknown vendor without a business associate agreement - December 4, 2018

Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) has agreed to pay $500,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.

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