Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with L.A. Health Care Plan. With more than 2.7 million members, L.A. Care is the nation's largest publicly operated health plan, that offers Medicaid, Medicare and plans through the Affordable Care Act. Under the settlement, L.A. Care agreed to pay $1.3 million and to implement a corrective action plan to resolve these potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules,[1] and protect the security of electronic protected health information (ePHI)...
OCR Investigation Results in $1.3 Million Settlement, Updated Risk Assessment Tool Published
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, September 2023
