A collection of 130 posts
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
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call in a Hospital Basement In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
In February 2011, Cignet Health of Prince George's County, Maryland received a $4.3 million penalty from the Office for Civil Rights — the
A $50 Phone Call That Cost a Hospital Everything A front desk coordinator at a mid-size hospital in the Midwest picked up the phone. The
The Part of HIPAA Nobody Talks About — Until It Costs Them In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to a $5.55 million settlement with
A billing company in Tennessee lost $2.3 million because its leadership believed HIPAA was a hospital problem, not theirs. CHSPSC LLC, a management company
A $4.3 Million Penalty Started With One Untrained Employee In 2019, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its appeal of a
I once watched a hospital administrator spell it "HIPPA" on a staff memo — and nobody caught it for three weeks. It's
The Statement That Trips Up Even Experienced Compliance Officers Here's a question I've watched rooms full of healthcare professionals get wrong:
A $4.75 Million Fine Started with a Single Stolen Laptop In 2014, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center paid a combined $4.
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