CVS Pays $2.25 Million and Toughens Practices to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

On 02/18/09 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a settlement with CVS pharmacies on HIPPA violations.

Here is part of the Press Release.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that CVS, the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, will pay the U.S. government a $2.25 million settlement and take corrective action to ensure it does not violate the privacy of its millions of patients when disposing of patient information such as identifying information on pill bottle labels.

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