Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
A pediatric clinic in Texas lost a single unencrypted laptop in 2017. That laptop contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,500 patients
A $4.3 Million Settlement Started with a Single Complaint In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
A pharmaceutical rep takes a physician out to a $400 dinner. A device manufacturer flies a surgeon to a weekend "training" at a
A cardiologist in South Florida receives a $500 payment every time he refers a patient to a specific imaging center. A home health agency gives
A Surgeon, a Sales Rep, and a $26 Million Settlement Walk Into a Courtroom In 2023, Amedisys Inc. agreed to pay $26 million to resolve
A Single Provision That Changed American Healthcare Forever In 1996, a bill signed into law quietly rewired how every hospital, insurer, and physician practice in
A hospital billing clerk copies a spreadsheet of patient names, Social Security numbers, and diagnosis codes onto a USB drive to finish work at home.
A pharmaceutical company wires $47,000 to a cardiologist for consulting fees. A device manufacturer flies a surgeon to a resort conference and picks up
A nurse in Texas logs into an EHR system, pulls up her ex-husband's new girlfriend's medical records, screenshots the results, and
A dermatology practice in Massachusetts left a voicemail on a patient's home phone, confirming a diagnosis in front of the patient's
August 21, 1996 — The Day Most People Get Wrong Ask a room full of compliance officers about the HIPAA start date, and you'll
There's No Such Thing as a HIPAA Certified Cloud — And That's the Problem Last year, a health tech startup told me
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