The University of Mississippi Medical Center is being penalized $2.75 million for a health data breach by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The hospital also must implement a three-year corrective plan to correct shortcomings found in an investigation.
Stolen laptop
The Hill reports the fine came for a series of violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security requirements. The hospital agreed to settle with HHS's Office of Civil Rights, without admitting liability, in the case of a password-protected laptop that was stolen, probably by a visitor to the hospital's intensive care unit who had asked to borrow the laptop.
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