Health Care Nonprofit Resolves Federal Data Breach Probe for $1.25 Million

Phoenix-based Banner Health has paid $1.25 million to settle a federal probe into a massive 2016 data breach from a hacking incident that disclosed the protected health information of roughly 2.8 million consumers.

Investigators found evidence of “long term, pervasive noncompliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule across Banner Health’s organization.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced the settlement this week.

Banner Health, which is the largest health care delivery system in Arizona and one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, has also agreed to implement a corrective action plan to better protect the security of electronic patient health information, federal officials said.

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