Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
A scheduling coordinator at a mid-size orthopedic practice pulled a patient's full medical record — psychiatric notes, HIV status, substance abuse history — just to
A Psychiatrist Hit "Start Meeting" and Everything Went Wrong A behavioral health provider in the Midwest was using Zoom for patient sessions throughout
A front desk receptionist at a dermatology clinic in Phoenix once told a patient's employer — over the phone — that the patient had been
The CEO Who Learned HIPAA the Hard Way In 2018, the owner of a small health plan called Filefax agreed to pay $100,000 to
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call That Started With One Unencrypted Laptop In 2014, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University paid a combined $4.8
A receptionist at a busy cardiology practice in Texas forwarded a patient's insurance form to her personal Gmail account. She wasn't
A Question That Gets People Fired Last year, I consulted with a medical billing company whose CEO genuinely believed HIPAA didn't apply to
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call from an Agency You've Probably Underestimated In 2024, the Office for Civil Rights slapped a $4.75
A receptionist at a dental clinic forwarded a spreadsheet of patient names, Social Security numbers, and insurance IDs to her personal Gmail account so she
A Fax Machine, a $4.75 Million Penalty, and Why HIPAA Still Catches Organizations Off Guard In 2020, a large health system called Premera Blue
A $62,500 Fine Over a Single Patient Record In 2019, a dental practice in Texas found out the hard way that small offices aren&
A $5.1 Million Mistake Started with One Wrong Assumption In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid $5.1 million to settle with the Office for
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