On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C. (“Phoenix”), a five-physician Arizona cardiology practice, has entered a resolution agreement related to allegations that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). This is the first such resolution agreement between the OCR and a physician practice.
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