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.
| Digital ExclusiveDeb Boehme, PhD, DOM, LPCC
Deb Boehme has been a doctor of Oriental medicine since 2004 and works in an East/West integrative pain and rehabilitation clinic in Albuquerque, N.M. The clinic offers acupuncture, acupressure, physical therapy, prolotherapy, homeopathic injections and blood morphology testing. She is also an EMT Intermediate.