HIPAA Blog

[ Friday, August 25, 2023 ]

 

UHC Takes a Hit for Denying Access to PHI: The ongoing effort of OCR to bring actions against HIPAA covered entities has tallied its 45th fine, this time with insurer United Healthcare paying the price.  As with the other 44 instances, the fine is small by comparison to other non-access related HIPAA enforcement actions: $80,000, which roughly equates to UHC's revenue every 8 seconds.  The complainant in this case actually filed 3 separate complaints against UHC, so it's likely there was at least a little fire behind that smoke.

The key takeaway: OCR is going to keep going after covered entities who don't give access to individuals who request their records.  Access is a right, so give it.


Jeff [6:39 AM]

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