HHS Announces 1.7 Million Dollar Settlement with WellPoint for Potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule Violations
Hunton Privacy
JULY 12, 2013
On July 11, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a resolution agreement and $1.7 following a security breach that affected over 600,000 individuals. million settlement with WellPoint Inc. In a not-so-subtle hint of OCR’s future intentions, the press release also mentioned that “Beginning Sept.
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