A large provider of products and services to people with chronic and acute kidney disease has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the federal government after five separate low-tech data breaches in 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced.
In addition to the monetary settlement, Fresenius Medical Care North America agreed to adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy and Security rules that were identified by HHS's Office for Civil Rights.
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Kristen Rasmussen
Kristen Rasmussen is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers corporate law departments and in-house attorneys.
