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Anthem hit with $16 million settlement for alleged HIPAA violations

( October 15, 2018, 00:28 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthem has settled allegations from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, by paying a $16 million settlement. Anthem’s  potential violations of HIPAA privacy rules identified by OCR included a failure “to identify and respond to detections of the security incident,” and non-compliance with the “requirement to conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis of the potential risks and vulnerabilities,” leading to the breach, OCR said.See attached settlement order....

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