Health insurer fined $4.3M for HIPAA violations

Earlier this year, health insurer Cignet was fined $4.3M for HIPAA violations related to patient medical records. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asserted, "[HHS] is serious about enforcing individual rights guaranteed by the HIPAA privacy rule."

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