HIPAA Exceptions
When Does HIPAA Not Apply? Surprising Exceptions
A personal trainer asks a client about her recent knee surgery. A school nurse hands a student's immunization record to a teacher. A
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HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
HIPPA Compliance Certification
HIPPA Compliance Certification: What You Actually Need
The Typo That 14,000 People Search for Every Month Let's get the elephant out of the room. You searched for HIPPA compliance
PHI
What PHI Is Under HIPAA — And What It Isn't
A Receptionist, a Printer, and a $1.5 Million Penalty In 2018, a medical center employee left a stack of patient lab results sitting on
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
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 Forms
What Is a HIPAA Form? The Real Answer Beyond the Jargon
Last month, a medical office manager in Ohio called me in a panic. She'd just been told by a patient's attorney
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices: What You Must Get Right
That Binder Gathering Dust at Your Front Desk Could Cost You Six Figures I walked into a dermatology practice last spring and asked to see
HIPAA Refresher Training
HIPAA Refresher Training: Why Annual Reviews Save Millions
A hospital in New York paid $4.8 million to settle HIPAA violations after a former employee — who had been terminated — still had active access
Google Hangouts HIPAA
Is Google Hangouts HIPAA Compliant? What You Need to Know
Google Hangouts Died — But the Compliance Question Didn't A behavioral health clinic in Oregon called me last year after a therapist conducted three
How to Protect PHI
How to Protect PHI: A Field Guide from the Frontlines
A Stolen Laptop, a $3 Million Fine, and a Lesson in How NOT to Protect PHI In 2016, the University of Mississippi Medical Center paid
HIPAA Rules and Regulations
HIPAA Rules and Regulations: What Actually Matters
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.