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 ExclusiveKaren Karp, EdD
Dr. Karen Karp is a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former longtime distinguished teaching profesor of mathmatics education at the University of Louisville. She is a certified mathematics teacher, certified special-education teacher, and has coauthored numerous books on mathematics, while serving on numerous grant committees and advisory boards over the years.