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Florida contractor physicians’ group shares protected health information with unknown vendor without a business associate agreement

This is information about an OCR enforcement action against a covered entity that failed to meet multiple HIPAA Rules requirements, which led to patient information being exposed.

Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Issue Date: July 10, 1905

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