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In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments related to healthcare fraud — and a significant portion of those
If you've encountered the question "the blank describes how PHI may be used" in a HIPAA training module or certification exam,
In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a $4.3 million appeal after OCR determined that three data breaches involving unencrypted
In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice for $25,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed an entire patient medical record to
In February 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after investigators found the organization had no policies implementing basic Privacy
In 2023, OCR investigated a mid-size hospital that suffered a breach traceable to a volunteer who accessed patient records without authorization. The hospital argued the
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed patient records without authorization — in part
In 2023, OCR settled with a major health plan for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed the plan had used enrollee protected health information
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for over $1.2 million after an investigation revealed that workforce members routinely accessed full patient records
In 2022, CMS reported over $12.59 billion in payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals through the Open Payments database
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after it failed to provide a patient with a copy of
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after a phishing attack exposed the protected health information of over 34,
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