US Allergy Associates of Hartford P.C. Feb 2015 Misuse (Q16353)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Allergy Associates of Hartford P.C. Feb 2015 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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February 2015
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Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (Allergy Associates), has agreed to pay $125,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Allergy Associates is a health care practice that specializes in treating individuals with allergies, and is comprised of three doctors at four locations across Connecticut. In February 2015, a patient of Allergy Associates contacted a local television station to speak about a dispute that had occurred between the patient and an Allergy Associates doctor. The reporter subsequently contacted the doctor for comment and the doctor impermissibly disclosed the patients (English)
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