It was reported yesterday that Parkview Health Systems Inc. owed a settlement of $800,000 for a HIPAA violation. Parkview Health Systems Director of Communications Eric Clabaugh contacted Ink Free News this morning to clarify that the requirements of the settlement have been met beyond what was required. According to Clabaugh, the settlement was reached more …read more.

According to a Department of Health and Human Services press release, Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health System Inc. has agreed to pay $800,000 in a settlement after an investigation involving 71 cardboard boxes containing patients’ confidential information that were discovered unattended alongside a public road, not far from a busy shopping center. A resolution posted on …read more.

Rather than fight a lawsuit, former dentist Joseph Beck of Kokomo has agreed to settle with the state by paying a $12,000 fine for violating patient privacy and federal HIPAA regulations after 60 boxes of records including patient names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social security numbers, credit card information and more were found in …read more.