HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
A cardiologist in South Florida receives a $500 payment every time he refers a patient to a specific imaging center. A home health agency gives
A Surgeon, a Sales Rep, and a $26 Million Settlement Walk Into a Courtroom In 2023, Amedisys Inc. agreed to pay $26 million to resolve
A Single Provision That Changed American Healthcare Forever In 1996, a bill signed into law quietly rewired how every hospital, insurer, and physician practice in
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.
A pharmaceutical company wires $47,000 to a cardiologist for consulting fees. A device manufacturer flies a surgeon to a resort conference and picks up
August 21, 1996 — The Day Most People Get Wrong Ask a room full of compliance officers about the HIPAA start date, and you'll
There's No Such Thing as a HIPAA Certified Cloud — And That's the Problem Last year, a health tech startup told me
A Single Fax Machine Cost One Health System $4.3 Million In 2023, Banner Health agreed to a $1.25 million settlement with the Office
A hospital in Oklahoma discovers that an employee has been snooping through patient records for three months. Leadership finds out on a Tuesday. They spend
A Filing Cabinet Almost Cost This Clinic $150,000 A few years ago, I consulted with a small orthopedic clinic in the Midwest that had
It's the Most Misspelled Acronym in Healthcare — And Most People Get the Meaning Wrong Too I once sat in a compliance meeting where
Not Everything Is a Violation — But Most People Don't Know Where the Line Is A nurse at a mid-size hospital once told me
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