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April 18, 2025   
Health Law Weekly

Hospital Agrees to $25k Settlement with OCR over Ransomware Attack

  • April 18, 2025

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), a public hospital on the U.S. Territory, Island of Guam, agreed to a $25,000 settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule following two complaints alleging that the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of its patients was impermissibly disclosed, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced April 17.  

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