Consequences for HIPAA violations can often be quite harsh. If someone has breached the HIPAA privacy regulations – even without any malicious intent, civil penalties are applicable: $100 per violation for unawareness, a minimum of $1,000 for reasonable cause, a minimum of $10,000 if willful neglect is present and then rectified, and finally, a minimum of $50,000 for individuals who act with willful neglect and ignore the issue.
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In March 2002, a total of 52,945 visits were made to acupuncturetoday.com. This marked the first time the site has received more than 50,000 visits in one month, and amounted to more than double the number of visits made to the site in June 2001, the first month acupuncturetoday.com began tracking statistics for site visits and other information.
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