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Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 8, 2026
A medical billing company in Tennessee exposed the records of 300,000 patients — and the hospital that hired them paid the price. Not because the
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 8, 2026
A Single Phone Number Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 7, 2026
A Nurse in Tennessee Got Four Years in Federal Prison In 2022, a former employee of a Tennessee medical clinic was sentenced to federal prison
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Apr 7, 2026
The Vendor That Cost a Health Plan $4.3 Million In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle multiple
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 7, 2026
Last year, a 14-person physical therapy clinic in the Midwest got hit with a corrective action plan after a random OCR audit. The finding? Their
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 6, 2026
A receptionist at a New York City dental clinic mentioned a patient's upcoming root canal to the patient's coworker — casually, in
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 6, 2026
A Faxed Lab Report Sent to the Wrong Number Started It All A nurse at a mid-size clinic in Minnesota faxed a patient's
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 6, 2026
The Audit That Costs Less Than the Breach A hospital system in Oregon thought its annual checklist was enough. Internal IT signed off every year.
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 5, 2026
The Hurricane That Exposed More Than a Hospital's Roof In 2017, Hurricane Harvey flooded a major Texas hospital system. Staff scrambled to evacuate
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 5, 2026
In 2011, a small cardiology practice in Phoenix switched from paper charts to an electronic health record system. Within six months, an unencrypted laptop containing
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 4, 2026
A few years ago, I got a call from the CEO of a mid-sized billing company. His team had been processing claims for a hospital
Carl B. Johnson
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Apr 4, 2026
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