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HIPAA violations would have the federal government on the quick. It’s not a “delay and get people to show up to town hall” sort of issue.
by s2g 9y ago
HIPAA violations would have the federal government on the quick.
It’s not a “delay and get people to show up to town hall” sort of issue.
- chatmasta 9y agoPeople always repeat this idea that HIPAA is the most serious of all the serious regulations, that you most definitely do not want to violate. Yet I’ve never heard of a major company fined or punished for HIPAA violations. Have there been any such notable incidents in the past few years?
- chasb 9y agoHHS prefers not to use civil monetary penalties, but they hit when they do: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enforcement/agreements/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enfor...
- lhorie 9y agoThere are plenty of incidents every year. Just this year, there were 2 already: https://compliancy-group.com/hipaa-fines-directory-year/ https://compliancy-group.com/hipaa-fines-directory-year/
- paulcole 9y agoI bet Uber is quaking at the thought of a $3.5 million fine. They lose like 1000x that per year.
- lhorie 9y agoYou probably make over 100k/yr if you're a software dev in some major city, but I'm sure you wouldn't want a $350 traffic ticket, right?
- paulcole 9y agoThis is a poor comparison and I hope you can understand why. If not let me know and I can clarify.
- lhorie 9y agoSure, it is, insofar as a corporation cannot physically quake in its boots. A fine is designed to discourage an entity from doing bad things. TFA says Uber is working with Clearwater, which indicates to me that the incentive of a potential fine is working as intended. One can try to argue that uber is lying about its hipaa compliance efforts in order to save the few hundred thousands that they would be paying Clearwater and in dev costs, and one can counter argue that that accusation has no reliable sources to back it up and is fueled by a desire for internet karma points.
- daigoba66 9y agoIt’s serious stuff. One violation could easily destroy a startup or small-to-mid sizes software company.
- nugi 9y agoBut Uber is neither, and has a clear, repeated history of disrespecting any hard or expensive to follow laws.
- EpicEng 9y agoIt's serious. I've worked in biotech and healthcare my entire career. The FDA is also not to be toyed with.