Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
A hospital in Texas paid $2.4 million to HHS after a nurse accessed patient records without authorization — and the investigation revealed the organization had
Two Federal Agencies, One Dental Office, Zero Room for Error A patient walks into your operatory on Monday morning. By the time they leave, your
Most People Spell It Wrong — And That's Just the Start I once sat in a boardroom where a hospital CEO had "HIPPA
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Started with Untrained Staff In 2023, the University of Washington Medicine agreed to a $750,000 settlement with
A hospital in Oklahoma City paid $1.19 million to HHS in 2023 because an employee snooped through patient records without authorization. The organization knew
A $50,000 Fine Started at the Front Desk Last year I consulted with a three-operatory dental practice in Georgia that had just received a
A $4.75 Million Invoice Nobody Expected In 2022, a cancer care center in Indiana opened an envelope from HHS that changed everything. The Centers
Last year, a three-physician practice in Tennessee paid $1.19 million to settle HIPAA violations that started with a single stolen laptop. The Office for
A psychiatrist's office in Connecticut faxed 65 pages of therapy notes to a patient's employer. The patient had signed a form
A community hospital in Yakima, Washington lost an unencrypted laptop in 2013. That single device held the electronic protected health information of 524 patients. The
A Single Fax Machine Cost This Hospital $4.8 Million In 2019, a fax at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital sent a patient's PHI to the
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Started With Bad Training In 2023, the University of Washington Medicine paid $750,000 to settle with OCR
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