What do the penalties look like for a HIPAA violation?

Here you go — they are rising and here is where they currently stand. As you can see, data breach is serious business and serious for your business.

VIOLATION TYPE	EACH VIOLATION	REPEAT VIOLATIONS/YR
Did Not Know	$100 – $50,000	$1,500,000
Reasonable Cause	$1,000 – $50,000	$1,500,000
Willful Neglect – Corrected	$10,000 – $50,000	$1,500,000
Willful Neglect – Not Corrected	$50,000	$1,500,000

You can read the full article here: HIPAA Violation Penalties Rise in Response to Data Breaches | SmartData Collective.

Published by Shawn E. Tuma

Shawn Tuma is an attorney who is internationally recognized in cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law, areas in which he has practiced for nearly two decades. He is a Partner at Spencer Fane, LLP where he regularly serves as outside cybersecurity and privacy counsel to a wide range of companies from small to midsized businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises. You can reach Shawn by telephone at 972.324.0317 or email him at stuma@spencerfane.com. View more posts