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Cottage Health Settles Potential Violations of HIPAA Rules for $3 Million

Cottage Health Settles Potential Violations of HIPAA Rules for $3 Million – February 7, 2019
Cottage Health agreed to pay $3 million to OCR and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Rules. Cottage Health operates Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, in California.
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