PHI Breach Reporting
When Must PHI-Related Breaches Be Reported? Deadlines
A Hospital Waited 101 Days. It Cost Them $4.8 Million. In 2019, Presence Health agreed to a $475,000 settlement with the Office for
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Sunshine Act
What Is the Sunshine Act? A HIPAA Guide for 2026
A surgeon in Ohio walks into her office one morning and discovers her name on a public database — listed alongside $47,000 in payments from
HIPAA Authorization
What Is a HIPAA Authorization? A Practical Guide
The Form That Stops Lawsuits — or Starts Them A surgeon's office in Texas faxed a patient's psychiatric records to an employer.
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement: What You Must Get Right
A medical billing company in Tennessee exposed the records of 300,000 patients — and the hospital that hired them paid the price. Not because the
Who Regulates HIPAA
Who Regulates HIPAA? The Agencies Behind Enforcement
A Single Complaint to the Wrong Agency Can Cost You Months I got a call last year from a clinic administrator who had filed a
HIPAA Violation
Definition of HIPAA Violation: What Actually Counts
A hospital employee in Texas looks up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. A dental office in Georgia tosses paper charts into
HIPAA Basics
What Does HIPAA Stand For? More Than You Think
A front desk receptionist at a dermatology clinic in Phoenix once told a patient's employer — over the phone — that the patient had been
HIPAA Privacy Rule
The HIPAA Privacy Rule Applies to Which of the Following?
A Question That Gets People Fired Last year, I consulted with a medical billing company whose CEO genuinely believed HIPAA didn't apply to
HIPAA Meaning
HIPAA Meaning: What It Actually Requires in 2026
A hospital in Oklahoma City paid $1.19 million to HHS in 2023 because an employee snooped through patient records without authorization. The organization knew
HIPAA Violation Fines
HIPAA Violation Fines: What They Cost in 2026
A $4.75 Million Invoice Nobody Expected In 2022, a cancer care center in Indiana opened an envelope from HHS that changed everything. The Centers
HIPAA Security Rule
The HIPAA Security Rule Applies to Which of the Following?
A community hospital in Yakima, Washington lost an unencrypted laptop in 2013. That single device held the electronic protected health information of 524 patients. The
HIPAA Rules
HIPAA Rules: What Most Organizations Still Get Wrong
A Single Fax Machine Cost This Hospital $4.8 Million In 2019, a fax at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital sent a patient's PHI to the