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At $1.2M, HIPAA photocopy breach proves costly HITECH notification rule leads to settlement after CBS News story The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has settled with Affinity Health Plan, a New York-based managed care plan, for HIPAA violations to the tune of $1,215,780 after a photocopier containing patient information was compromised. Affinity filed a breach report with the HHS Office for Civil Rights on April...
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