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Triple-S Management Corporation Settles HHS Charges by Agreeing to $3.5 Million HIPAA Settlement








  
  
    

  
      



Triple-S Management Corporation, on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Triple-S Salud, Inc., Triple-C, Inc., and Triple-S Advantage, Inc., formerly known as American Health Medicare, Inc.,  has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR).  TRIPLE-S will pay $3.5 Million and will adopt a robust corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program, an effort it has already begun.
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