Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments related to healthcare fraud. Behind nearly every one of those
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after investigators found that the organization had no documented workforce training
In 2024, OCR settled a case with a healthcare provider that had been storing patient records in a cloud-based email platform — without a signed Business
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $50,000 after determining that the organization had disclosed protected health information using an authorization form
Why Employers Are Requiring Dual Certifications — and What Happens When You Don't Have Them In late 2023, a mid-size dental practice in Texas
When OCR investigated a small medical practice in 2023 for storing patient records in a consumer Gmail account without a Business Associate Agreement, the practice
When a Texas-based hospital system was fined by the state attorney general for failing to train its workforce on state-specific privacy requirements, the organization'
In 2023, a mid-size health plan received a corrective action from OCR after an investigation revealed that staff responsible for processing electronic claims had never
In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with Montefiore Medical Center after a workforce member stole protected health information (PHI) of over
At least once a month, a compliance officer asks me the same question: "Where do we get our official HHS HIPAA certification?" The
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after an investigation revealed — among other failures — that the organization had never
Every few months, I see the same search spike: healthcare workers and small practices looking for HIPAA and bloodborne pathogen certification free options online. The
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