Clinical Lab Settles HIPAA Violation Case

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A Georgia-based clinical laboratory recently agreed to pay $25,000 to The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.   That rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information (PHI) that…

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