Recently, Bonita Springs Utilities, Inc. confirmed that as many as 4,419 customers’ sensitive information was compromised as the result of a data breach at Technology Management.
Recently, PhySynergy, LLC confirmed that certain patients’ protected health information was exposed due to a data breach at Technology Management Resources, Inc., a company that.
/PRNewswire/ PhySynergy, LLC (the "Company") is notifying individuals of a service provider security incident that involved the personal information of some.
/PRNewswire/ PhySynergy, LLC (the "Company") is notifying individuals of a service provider security incident that involved the personal information of some.
[author: Jane Anderson]
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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled its 13th enforcement action in its Right of Access Initiative, first announced in 2019 to support individuals’ rights to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost under the privacy rule.
[1] As part of the settlement, announced Dec. 22, Peter Wrobel, doing business as Georgia-based Elite Primary Care, agreed to take corrective actions and pay $36,000 to settle a potential violation of the right of access standard. In April 2019, OCR received a complaint alleging that Elite failed to respond to a patient’s request for access to his medical records, and OCR provided technical assistance in May 2019. However, OCR received a second complaint in October 2019 alleging that Elite still had not provided the patient with access to his medical records and initiated an investigation. In addition to the monetary settlement, Elite is required to follow a corrective action plan (CAP) for two years. The