A collection of 14 posts
A Single Telehealth Claim Triggered a $1.5 Million Investigation A mid-size behavioral health practice in the Southeast thought they had telehealth billing figured out.
A $4.75 Million Fine That Started With One Missing Document In 2023, OCR settled with Lafourche Medical Group for $480,000 after a phishing
A small dermatology practice in New England thought they were covered. They'd signed up for a popular cloud storage service, uploaded thousands of
The Zoom Call That Cost a Psychiatrist Everything A solo psychiatrist in New England conducted therapy sessions over a consumer-grade video app for two years.
Google Hangouts Died — But the Compliance Question Didn't A behavioral health clinic in Oregon called me last year after a therapist conducted three
The Server Room Where $4.3 Million Disappeared In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a Supreme Court appeal after OCR
A Nurse in Tennessee Got Four Years in Federal Prison In 2022, a former employee of a Tennessee medical clinic was sentenced to federal prison
Last year, a 14-person physical therapy clinic in the Midwest got hit with a corrective action plan after a random OCR audit. The finding? Their
A receptionist at a New York City dental clinic mentioned a patient's upcoming root canal to the patient's coworker — casually, in
A Faxed Lab Report Sent to the Wrong Number Started It All A nurse at a mid-size clinic in Minnesota faxed a patient's
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call Buried in an EHR Audit Log In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its years-long
A Psychiatrist Hit "Start Meeting" and Everything Went Wrong A behavioral health provider in the Midwest was using Zoom for patient sessions throughout
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