Renown Health Pays OCR $75K for HIPAA Right of Access Failure
“The Office for Civil Rights reached a $75,000 civil monetary penalty and corrective action plan with Nevada-based Renown Health, to settle a potential violation of the HIPAA right of access standard,” writes Jessica Davis in Health IT Security’s News.
“The settlement is the fifteenth enforcement discretion brought under the OCR HIPAA Right of Access Initiative since its launch in 2019. The effort is designed to support patients in obtaining timely access to their medical records for a reasonable cost.”
“OCR launched an investigation into Renown Health in February 2019, after receiving a patient complaint that alleged the provider failed to timely respond to their request for an electronic copy of their protected health information. The patient had requested their records, including billing information, to be sent to a third-party.”
