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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Jul. 9, 2011

UCLA Health System to Pay Fine

UCLA Health System will pay an $865,500 fine and develop new policies and procedures related to privacy and security of patient information under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights.

By Mandy Jackson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

UCLA Health System will pay an $865,500 fine and develop new policies and procedures related to privacy and security of patient information under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights to resolve two separate complaints filed by unidentified celebrity patients at UCLA hospitals.

The university's health care group did not admit any liability for violations of the Health In...

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