A collection of 112 posts
A pediatric clinic in Texas lost a single unencrypted laptop in 2017. That laptop contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,500 patients
A Surgeon, a Sales Rep, and a $26 Million Settlement Walk Into a Courtroom In 2023, Amedisys Inc. agreed to pay $26 million to resolve
It's the Most Misspelled Acronym in Healthcare — And Most People Get the Meaning Wrong Too I once sat in a compliance meeting where
A therapist in private practice once told me she didn't think HIPAA applied to her because she wasn't a hospital. A
The Conversation a Patient Overheard in Your Waiting Room A patient sits in your waiting room. She hears the receptionist confirm an appointment for another
A dermatology practice in New England paid $150,000 to the Office for Civil Rights because a single employee left a spreadsheet of patient names
A $4.3 Billion Problem Hiding in Plain Sight In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments related
A physician in South Florida billed Medicare for over $100 million in home health services that were never provided. Patients who were perfectly healthy showed
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 Receptionist, a Sticky Note, and a $1.5 Million Fine A front-desk employee at a medical clinic wrote down a patient's Social
The Spreadsheet That Cost a Hospital $4.3 Million In 2019, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a final appeal and faced
In February 2023, Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million to the Office for Civil Rights after a hacking incident exposed the electronic protected
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