HHS settles case with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery for lack of HIPAA safeguards

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HHS settles case with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery for lack of HIPAA safeguards http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/04/20120417a.html 04/17/2012 01:01 AM EDT http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USHHS-3c1ed8?reqfrom=share Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C., of Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a $100,000 settlement and take corrective action to implement policies and procedures to safeguard the protected health information of its patients.

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