On April 22, 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that it had reached settlement agreements with two organizations alleged to have violated the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) in conjunction with the theft of unencrypted computers. HHS conducted a review of … Continue reading
In a report released on February 26th, the federal government stated that its Heath Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (“HCFAC”), established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), recovered $4.3 billion during FY 2013. This amount includes more than $2.6 billion from healthcare fraud settlements and judgments and is the … Continue reading