Filefax PHI Disclosure Leads to USD100K OCR HIPAA Penalty
Filefax, Inc. was liquidated and went out of business last year 2017. The company, however, was still penalized by OCR for its earlier Protected Health Information disclosure. A receiver appointed to liquidate the assets of Filefax, Inc. has agreed to settle $100,000 out of the receivership estate to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for…
Gone are the days when your healthcare provider are using the old schooled paper charts, literally speaking.
Nowadays, the industry is moving from paper records to electronic health records (EHR). Your EHR may contain medical history, medical notes of your physicians as well as other information such as your symptoms, diagnoses, medications, laboratory results, vital signs, immunizations, and reports from…