HIPAA Compliance Insights

HIPAA Compliant Email

How to Send HIPAA Compliant Email: A Practical Guide

In 2023, a dental practice in New England paid over $50,000 to settle an OCR investigation triggered by a single unencrypted email containing patient

Carl B. Johnson · Nov 17, 2020

HIPAA Compliance

Importance of HIPAA: Why Compliance Is Non-Negotiable

In February 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $4.75 million after a phishing attack compromised the protected health information of over 100,

Carl B. Johnson · Nov 17, 2020

HIPAA Forms

Medical HIPAA Form Requirements Your Practice Must Follow

In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $23,000 after an investigation revealed, among other violations, that the practice had

Carl B. Johnson · Nov 17, 2020

HIPAA Training

Online OSHA and HIPAA Training: What Healthcare Orgs Need

Why Healthcare Organizations Are Combining OSHA and HIPAA Into One Training Strategy In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for $1.3 million after

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 30, 2020

OSHA Training

OSHA and Bloodborne Pathogen Training: HIPAA Overlap

A mid-sized dental practice in the Southeast received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same calendar year — one for failing to maintain a

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 23, 2020

HIPAA Compliance

OSHA and HIPAA: How These Two Laws Overlap

A medical practice manager recently told me her staff assumed that because they completed annual OSHA bloodborne pathogen training, they had also satisfied their HIPAA

Carl B. Johnson · Oct 23, 2020

OSHA Compliance

OSHA Compliance Checklist for Medical Office Teams

In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in Massachusetts for $350,000 after an investigation revealed not only HIPAA Security Rule failures but overlapping

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 25, 2020

Bloodborne Pathogens

OSHA Compliant Bloodborne Pathogens Training & HIPAA

In 2023, a mid-sized dental practice in Ohio received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same quarter — one for failing to maintain an

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 25, 2020

OSHA HIPAA Training

OSHA HIPAA Training Online: What Your Workforce Needs

In 2023, a mid-sized dental practice in Texas was hit with two separate enforcement actions within the same quarter — one from OSHA for failing to

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 25, 2020

OSHA Training

OSHA Training Bloodborne Pathogens: HIPAA Overlap

In 2023, a mid-sized dental practice in Ohio received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same six-month period. The OSHA citation targeted inadequate

Carl B. Johnson · Sep 25, 2020

OSHA Training

OSHA Training for Medical Office: What HIPAA Requires

In 2023, a small dermatology practice in the Southeast received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same quarter. The OSHA violation involved improper

Carl B. Johnson · Aug 31, 2020

OSHA Training

OSHA Training Medical Office: Where HIPAA Also Applies

A medical office manager recently told me her team completed their annual OSHA training and assumed they were fully compliant with all federal requirements. Six

Carl B. Johnson · Aug 31, 2020