Do you know who has access to your PHI?
PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO – On December 11, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with a critical access hospital in Colorado, Pagosa Springs Medical Center (“PSMC”). PSMC agreed to pay $111,400 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). According to the settlement[1], the OCR alleged that from July to September of 2013, PSMC impermissibly disclosed th