A collection of 10 posts
A hospital employee in Texas looks up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. A health plan leaves 18 boxes of patient files
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call That Most Providers Slept Through In February 2024, Montefiore Medical Center in New York agreed to a $4.75
A Receptionist, a Celebrity, and a $4.3 Million Fine In 2019, the University of Rochester Medical Center paid $3 million to settle with OCR
A hospital billing clerk copies a spreadsheet of patient names, Social Security numbers, and diagnosis codes onto a USB drive to finish work at home.
In February 2023, Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million to the Office for Civil Rights after a hacking incident exposed the electronic protected
A pediatric clinic in Texas thought they were fully covered. They had general liability, malpractice, even an umbrella policy. Then a stolen laptop exposed the
A hospital employee in Colorado hands a stack of lab results to a man standing at the front desk. He says he's the
A hospital in Texas once faxed a patient's psychiatric records to the wrong physician's office — a solo practitioner across town who
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulled up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. No malicious intent. No financial motive. Just a
In 1996, a patient could lose health insurance simply by changing jobs — and their most sensitive medical records could be shared between companies without their
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