The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights settled five more investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Right of Access Initiative. Housing Works, All Inclusive Medical Services, Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services, King MD and Wise Psychiatry will each pay a fine and adopt a corrective action plan to settle the potential HIPAA violations. OCR Director Roger Severino said the actions are “about empowering patients and holding health care providers accountable for failing to take their HIPAA obligations seriously enough.”
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