Summary Of The Penalty To Cignet Health

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The article is about HSS issuing a penalty to Cignet Health a Temple Hills Md-based company that has four physician offices and a health plan. The penalty is for the violation of 41 patients’ rights in the refusal for them to view their medical records and the refusal to provide the records to the HSS office. The result is a $1.3 million fine due to HSS for the violation of HIPAA laws stating that you must give patients access to their medical records within 30 days. The key points of the article is that it’s illegal to refuse patients access to their medical records and that it results in a fine or other penalties. In the healthcare field this could effect any healthcare personnel like nurses and physicians. The fine is necessary and sits

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