The University of Mississippi Medical Center is being penalized$2.75 million for a health data breach by the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices.
The hospital also must implement a three-year corrective plan tocorrect shortcomings found in an investigation.
The Hill reports the fine came for aseries of violations of Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act privacy and security requirements. Thehospital agreed to settle with HHS’s Office of Civil Rights, withoutadmitting liability, in the case of a password-protected laptopthat was stolen, probably by a visitor to the hospital’s intensivecare unit who had asked to borrow the laptop.
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