Waddell, AZ. Waddell is located close to the center of Arizona. Waddell is part of Maricopa County. On average, the public school district that covers Waddell is better than the state average in quality. The Waddell area code is 520.
Alcoa lands 5th on our Top Ten list. Thursday's $384 million enforcement action against Alcoa and one of its subsidiaries ranks 5th on our list of the Top Ten FCPA cases of all time. With Pittsburgh-based Alcoa's entry, two of the top ten cases now involve U.S. companies. The oldest and biggest case on the list is still Siemens' $800 million settlement from 2008.
Although the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has entered into financial settlements before, this marks the first time it has issued a civil money penalty under HIPAA, and the penalty is significantly higher than previous financial settlements.. Early HIPAA enforcementâvoluntary compliance. The original version of HIPAA had what many considered to be rather weak penalties. Penalties were capped at $100 per day of violation and at $25,000 for the same violation in any one year. Also, HHS took a lot of criticism for its informal enforcement of the act.