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A nurse texts a patient's lab results to a colleague using a personal phone. A receptionist confirms an appointment over the phone to
A Receptionist, a Sticky Note, and a $1.5 Million Fine A front-desk employee at a specialty clinic jotted down a patient's name,
In 2017, Presence Health paid $475,000 to the Office for Civil Rights after a single mistake: they waited too long to notify patients about
A mental health counselor in private practice once told me she didn't need to worry about HIPAA because she wasn't a
The Part of HIPAA Nobody Reads — Until It Costs Them In 1996, Congress passed HIPAA with a goal most people have forgotten. It wasn'
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
A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $1.5 Million Mistake I once worked with a specialty clinic where a front-desk employee faxed a patient&
In 2018, a medical records company called Advanced Care Hospitalists paid $500,000 to settle HIPAA violations after a billing services contractor gained access to
A hospital receptionist in Texas emails a patient's lab results to the wrong address. Within 48 hours, that patient's HIV status
In 2023, a dermatology practice in Massachusetts paid $150,000 to the Office for Civil Rights after a patient's medical photographs were disclosed
A hospital in Texas released three years of a patient's psychotherapy notes to an employer — based on a form the patient had signed
The Provision That Built Modern Healthcare Compliance In 1996, a senator from Kansas and a senator from Massachusetts got a bill signed into law that
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