Advocate Health Care hit with record $5.55 million fine in wake of investigation into three 2013 breaches. The largest incident, involving four stolen unencrypted computers, affected about 4 million individuals. The settlement with Advocate is OCR’s tenth enforcement action so far in 2016, keeping the agency on a roll in issuing a record number of HIPAA enforcement actions. OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels: “We hope this settlement sends a strong message to covered entities that they must engage in a comprehensive risk analysis and risk management””]
Source: https://www.inforisktoday.com/advocate-health-hit-record-55-million-hipaa-penalty-a-9307