Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulled up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. No malicious intent. No financial motive. Just a
A Single Text Cost This Health System $3 Million In 2018, the University of Rochester Medical Center agreed to a $3 million settlement with OCR
A physician's office in Texas left a box of patient records next to a dumpster in 2019. Someone took a photo, posted it
A $16 Million Wake-Up Call That Traces Back to 1996 In 2018, Anthem Inc. wrote a check to the U.S. Department of Health and
A Nurse, a Hallway, and a $4.75 Million Settlement In 2021, a major health system paid $4.75 million to settle allegations from the
A Single Misunderstood Term Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to settle HIPAA
In 2018, a small dermatology practice in Massachusetts called Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C. paid $150,000 to settle a HIPAA case. The trigger?
A Single Needlestick Changed Everything for This Clinic A medical assistant at a small urgent care clinic in Ohio stuck herself with a contaminated needle
A small dental practice in Georgia gets hit with a $70,000 penalty because a front-desk employee left a box of patient files on a
A Missing Checkbox Cost This Hospital $387,000 In 2019, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg agreed to a $85,000 corrective action settlement with OCR after
In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a $4.3 million appeal after OCR found that the organization had policies on
A Stolen Laptop, a Missing Exception, and a $3 Million Problem In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted laptop
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