Compliance Lessons From Warby Parker's HIPAA Fine

New presidential administrations always need to pick and choose their priorities. It will be very interesting and enlightening to see whether and if so, how, the Trump administration will focus resources related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act settlements and civil money penalties.

The Biden administration was active in negotiating HIPAA settlements with covered entities and business associates, and imposing civil money penalties on HIPAA offenders. Several of the Biden HIPAA settlements and civil money penalties have been announced during the early period of the Trump administration, including the civil money penalty detailed below.