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Providence to pay fine for health privacy violations

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Providence Health & Services will pay $100,000 to settle a federal investigation of security lapses in 2005 and 2006 that allowed car burglars to walk away with the medical records of 386,000 patients across Oregon and Washington.

The Department of Health and Human Services said the penalty is the first of its type to be enforced under the privacy section of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, since it took effect in 2003. Previously, the agency has only required alleged violators to upgrade their privacy and security practices.

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