HIPAA Compliance Insights

HIPAA Violation Reporting

How to Report a HIPAA Violation: A Step-by-Step Guide

Last year, a patient in Tennessee discovered that a hospital employee had been snooping through her medical records for months — not for treatment, not for

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 15, 2026

Key Components of HIPAA

Key Components of HIPAA: What Actually Matters in 2026

A few years ago, I walked into a mid-size cardiology practice that had just been hit with a $160,000 settlement from OCR. The compliance

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 15, 2026

Information Release Form

What Is an Information Release Form Under HIPAA?

A patient walks up to your front desk and asks you to fax her medical records to a personal injury attorney. Your staff member grabs

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 14, 2026

HITECH

HITECH Act: What It Actually Means for HIPAA in 2026

A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Changed Everything In 2009, the federal government decided HIPAA wasn't working. Too many breaches. Too little

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 14, 2026

PHI

What PHI Means: A Plain-English HIPAA Guide

A front-desk receptionist at a small dermatology clinic in Connecticut texted a patient's lab results to the wrong phone number. She didn'

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 13, 2026

Dental OSHA and HIPAA Training

Dental OSHA and HIPAA Training: What Your Office Needs

The Hygienist Who Cost Her Practice $35,000 I got a call from a dental office manager in Ohio last year. An OSHA inspector had

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 13, 2026

HIPAA Privacy Rule

What Is the Privacy Rule Responsible for Protecting?

A hospital receptionist in Texas accidentally faxed 277 patient records to a local newspaper instead of the pharmacy down the street. That single misdial triggered

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 12, 2026

HIPAA Violation Penalties

HIPPA Violation Penalties: What They Actually Cost

A 78-bed hospital in rural Oklahoma lost $4.3 million in a single afternoon. Not from a malpractice suit. Not from a billing error. From

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 12, 2026

online healthcare compliance training

Online Healthcare Compliance Training: What Works

A medical billing company in Indiana lost $1.5 million in a single afternoon. Not because of a sophisticated cyberattack. Not because of a disgruntled

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 12, 2026

HIPAA Violations

How to Report a HIPAA Violation: A Step-by-Step Guide

A nurse in Texas notices a coworker pulling up her ex-husband's medical records during a slow shift. She knows it's wrong.

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 11, 2026

HIPAA Compliance Meaning

HIPAA Compliance Meaning: What It Actually Requires

A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call in the Waiting Room In 2023, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled with Lafourche Medical Group for

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 11, 2026

HIPAA Minimum Necessary Rule

HIPAA Minimum Necessary Rule: What You're Getting Wrong

A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $4.3 Million Problem In 2014, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University paid a combined $4.8 million

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 11, 2026