HIPAA Compliance Insights

HIPAA Security Rule

HIPAA Security Policy Template: Build One That Works

When OCR investigated Anchorage Community Mental Health Services in 2014, the resulting $150,000 settlement wasn't triggered by a sophisticated cyberattack. It was

Carl B. Johnson · Nov 16, 2021

HIPAA Security Rule

HIPAA Standards for Security: What OCR Expects in 2024

In February 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $480,000 after investigators found the organization had never conducted a comprehensive risk analysis — a

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 18, 2021

HIPAA Technical Security

HIPAA Technical Security: Safeguards Your Organization Must Implement

In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with Montefiore Medical Center after a former employee accessed and sold the electronic protected health

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 18, 2021

HIPAA Technology Rule

HIPAA Technology Rule: What Healthcare Orgs Must Know

In December 2023, HHS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that represents the most significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule since its original

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 18, 2021

HIPAA Technology Rules

HIPAA Technology Rules: What Your Organization Must Know

In February 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $4.75 million after investigators found the organization had failed to encrypt protected health information

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 18, 2021

HIPAA Template

HIPAA Template: What Your Policies Actually Need

In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 — not because they lacked policies, but because the policies they had

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 18, 2021

HIPAA Text Messages

HIPAA Text Messages: Rules for Texting PHI Securely

In 2023, a regional health system paid $850,000 to settle an OCR investigation that traced a data breach back to a single unsecured text

Carl B. Johnson · Aug 5, 2021

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training Certification Online: What Actually Counts

In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 — not because of a sophisticated cyberattack, but because the organization couldn&

Carl B. Johnson · Aug 5, 2021

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training Classes: What Your Workforce Actually Needs

In 2023, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after an investigation revealed — among other failures — that the organization had never implemented

Carl B. Johnson · May 29, 2021

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training for Employees Free: What You Need to Know

In 2023, OCR settled with a Florida dental practice for $30,000 after an investigation revealed that multiple workforce members had never received HIPAA training

Carl B. Johnson · May 29, 2021

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training for Pharmacy: What Your Team Must Know

In 2024, a regional pharmacy chain paid $1.5 million to settle allegations with the HHS Office for Civil Rights after workforce members improperly accessed

Carl B. Johnson · May 29, 2021

HIPAA Training

HIPAA Training Free Certificate: What You Need to Know

In 2023, OCR settled with a Florida-based medical practice for $30,000 after an investigation revealed that multiple workforce members had never completed HIPAA training

Carl B. Johnson · May 29, 2021