UMass Amherst will pay a HIPAA fine after a workstation was infected with a malware program, which resulted in the disclosure of electronic protected health information, according to an article on the Campus Security website.
The settlement includes a corrective action plan and a payment of $650,000.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, UMass failed to designate all of its healthcare components when hybridizing, incorrectly determining that while its University Health Services was a covered healthcare component, other components, including the location where the breach of ePHI occurred, were not covered components.
Because UMass failed to designate the location as a healthcare component, UMass did not implement policies and procedures at the center to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
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