Roger Shindell is CEO of Carosh Compliance Solutions. Shindell currently Chair of HIMSS Privacy and Security Committee’s Risk Assessment Work Group and serves as a Council Member of AHIMA’s Privacy and Security Practice Council. He has more than 30 years of multidisciplinary experience and has served as an advisor and principal in healthcare, technology, and service companies.

OCR Resolves Twentieth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative with $80,000 Settlement

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces the resolution of its twentieth investigation in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR created this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations

ViolationsPeachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.