Expert guidance on HIPAA training, compliance best practices, and healthcare workforce management.
A Law Signed in 1996 That Didn't Really Bite Until Years Later Here's a question I get surprisingly often from compliance
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May 30, 2026
One Shared Password Cost This Hospital $2.14 Million In 2018, a hospital employee used a colleague's login to access patient records for
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May 29, 2026
A receptionist at a small cardiology practice in Arizona looked up her ex-husband's medical records one afternoon. She didn't share them.
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May 29, 2026
A Therapist's Worst Nightmare Starts with a Fax Machine A licensed counselor in a mid-sized practice hit "send" on a fax
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May 29, 2026
A hospital in Texas faxed 277 patient records to the wrong physician's office. No authorization on file. No tracking log. No documentation that
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May 28, 2026
It's HIPAA, Not HIPPA — and It's Older Than You Think I get this question more than almost any other: when was
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May 28, 2026
A pediatric clinic in Colorado lost $548,265 because their front desk staff didn't know that faxing PHI to the wrong number triggered
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May 27, 2026
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call That Should Have Changed Everything In February 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid $5.5 million to the U.S.
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May 27, 2026
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call You Can Trace Back to Five Words In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network paid $5.55 million to settle
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May 26, 2026
A Single Spreadsheet Cost This Hospital $4.3 Million In 2016, Advocate Health Care agreed to a $5.55 million settlement with OCR after breaches
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May 26, 2026
A personal trainer once told me she couldn't share a client's weight-loss results on Instagram because of HIPAA. A landlord told
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May 26, 2026
A hospital employee in Texas pulls up a patient's full medical record to verify an insurance code. She only needs the diagnosis and
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May 25, 2026
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