HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation with health Solutions Regarding Disclosure of Protected Health Information on an Unsecured Server for $75,000
June 28, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules with iHealth Solutions, LLC (doing business as Advantum Health), a Kentucky-based business associate that provides coding, billing, and onsite information technology services to health care providers. The settlement involved a data breach, where a network server containing the protected health information of 267 individuals was left unsecure on the internet. The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules set the requirements that HIPAA-regulated entities must follow to protect the privacy and security of health information.