A collection of 47 posts
A fitness app company thought HIPAA had nothing to do with them — until HHS came knocking. A county hospital assumed their janitorial contractor didn'
A home health agency owner in Texas once told me, with total confidence, that HIPAA didn't apply to her because she wasn'
A few years ago, I got a call from the owner of a medical billing company in Georgia. She was panicked. The Office for Civil
A Question That Costs Organizations Millions Every Year I got a call last year from a medical billing company owner who was convinced HIPAA didn&
A solo chiropractor in New England assumed HIPAA didn't apply to her practice. She had fewer than ten employees, no electronic health records
A therapist in private practice once told me she didn't think HIPAA applied to her because she wasn't a hospital. A
A home health aide in Georgia texts a photo of a patient's wound to a family member — using her personal phone, over an
A medical billing company in Tennessee assumed the HIPAA Security Rule didn't apply to them. They weren't a hospital. They weren&
A $4.3 Million Penalty — Because They Didn't Think They Were a CE In 2014, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University collectively
In January 2013, HHS dropped a 563-page regulatory hammer that reshaped every corner of HIPAA compliance. The Omnibus Rule wasn't a minor tweak.
A mental health counselor in private practice once told me she didn't need to worry about HIPAA because she wasn't a
The Vendor That Cost a Health System $4.3 Million In 2016, Advocate Health Care agreed to pay $5.55 million to HHS after multiple
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