Expert guidance on HIPAA training, compliance best practices, and healthcare workforce management.
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
Graduate students are uploading HIPAA-protected research data into ChatGPT and other AI tools every day — without understanding the legal consequences. Universities need AI-aware HIPAA training before a breach forces their hand.
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May 25, 2026
The Typo That Reveals a Bigger Problem Every month, thousands of people search for a "hippa course." I know because I watch the
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May 25, 2026
A supervisor at a mid-size hospital pulls up a coworker's medical record out of curiosity. A manager at a dental practice mentions an
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May 24, 2026
Last month, a practice manager in Phoenix emailed me a certificate she'd earned from an online course. It had a gold seal, an
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May 24, 2026
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call That Started With a Checkbox In 2023, Banner Health paid $1.25 million to settle with OCR after investigators
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May 23, 2026
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