HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after investigators found the organization had been disclosing patient records to a third-party marketing
In March 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an investigation revealed that the organization had been disposing of
Every week, healthcare administrators search for "hipp certification" expecting to find a single credential that makes their organization HIPAA-compliant. The reality is more
In 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,000 after discovering that protected health information had been disclosed to a vendor
Every week, thousands of healthcare workers search for a HIPPA class — and right away, there's a problem. The correct acronym is HIPAA: the
In 2022, OCR settled with a health plan for $875,000 after an investigation revealed that protected health information stored in a cloud environment lacked
In 2023, a small dental practice in Texas received an OCR investigation notice after a patient complained that the office shared medical records with a
In February 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $1.3 million after finding systemic failures to comply with basic HIPAA laws — failures that
In 2023, OCR settled with Doctors' Management Services for $100,000 after a ransomware attack exposed the protected health information of over 206,000
In 2023, a dental practice in Texas paid a $50,000 settlement to OCR after a staff member texted a patient's treatment details
When Cignet Health of Maryland refused to provide 41 patients access to their medical records, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) imposed a $4.3
When OCR levied a $4.3 million settlement against MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2018 for unencrypted devices containing protected health information, the enforcement authority
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