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Bad News for HIPAA Business Associates: HHS OCR Announces $650,000 Settlement for BA Breach

Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (“CHCS”), a HIPAA business associate, has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) $650,000 in connection with a data breach involving the nursing homes to which it provides management and IT services.

The underlying breach occurred in February 2014 (which suggests a significant backlog at OCR in resolving open matters). … More