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First-Ever Monetary Settlement Reached for HIPAA Violation (PDF)
Dechert LLP 
July 23, 2008
2 pages. Excerpt: On July 17, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services ('DHHS') announced that it had entered into a Resolution Agreement with Seattle-based Providence Health & Services ('Providence') to settle potential violations of the Privacy and Security Rules. As part of this Agreement to resolve potential violations stemming from lost and stolen computers containing health information, Providence agreed to pay $100,000 and to implement a detailed corrective action plan to 'ensure that it will appropriately safeguard identifiable electronic patient information against theft and loss.'
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