HIPAA Compliance Insights

Google Hangouts HIPAA

Is Google Hangouts HIPAA Compliant? What You Need to Know

Google Hangouts Died — But the Compliance Question Didn't A behavioral health clinic in Oregon called me last year after a therapist conducted three

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 11, 2026

How to Protect PHI

How to Protect PHI: A Field Guide from the Frontlines

A Stolen Laptop, a $3 Million Fine, and a Lesson in How NOT to Protect PHI In 2016, the University of Mississippi Medical Center paid

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 10, 2026

HIPAA Rules and Regulations

HIPAA Rules and Regulations: What Actually Matters

A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 10, 2026

HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA Compliance for IT Professionals: A 2026 Guide

The Server Room Where $4.3 Million Disappeared In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a Supreme Court appeal after OCR

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 9, 2026

PHI

What Is PHI in Medical Terms? A Plain-English Guide

A hospital receptionist in Texas once emailed a spreadsheet of 800 patient names, birth dates, and insurance IDs to the wrong clinic. Within 72 hours,

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 9, 2026

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training for New Employees: What to Cover First

Day One Is Where Most Breaches Start Last year, I worked with a pediatric clinic in Ohio that had been running for eleven years without

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 9, 2026

HIPAA Certification

How to Get HIPAA and Bloodborne Pathogens Certified

Last month, a medical assistant at a mid-size dermatology practice told me she'd been on the job for six weeks before anyone mentioned

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 8, 2026

HIIPA Meaning

HIIPA Meaning: What People Really Search For

Every week, thousands of people type "hiipa meaning" into Google. I know because I watch the search data. Here's what'

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 8, 2026

HIPAA Business Associate Agreement

HIPAA Business Associate Agreement: What You Must Get Right

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 · Apr 8, 2026

PHI

Is Phone Number PHI? What HIPAA Actually Says

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 · Apr 7, 2026

Criminal Penalties for HIPAA Violations

Criminal Penalties for HIPAA Violations: What You Risk

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

Carl B. Johnson · Apr 7, 2026

Business Associate Definition

Business Associate Definition: What HIPAA Actually Requires

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 · Apr 7, 2026