Georgia provider pays HHS $1.5 million for data breach

Modern Healthcare: Athens Orthopedic Clinic will pay $1.5 million to HHS' Office for Civil Rights for potential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act violations, the agency said Monday.

According to HHS, patient records for more than 200,000 people may have been posted for sale online in June after a hacker used a vendor's credentials to access the Athens Orthopedic electronic healthcare record system. The hacker told Athens Orthopedic it would exchange a complete copy of the stolen database for a ransom payment.

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