HIPAA Penalties and Enforcement Growing Rapidly

HHS Attorney: Major HIPAA Fines and Enforcement Coming
As regularly blogged about on the Data Privacy Monitor, the past 12 months have seen record-breaking HIPAA enforcement activity by HHS OCR. But according to recent remarks by a high-ranking HHS attorney, if you thought these past 12 months were significant, just wait for the next 12 months.

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