HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
In 2023, a dental practice in Texas received a $50,000 OCR settlement after a staff member texted appointment details — including treatment information — to the
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for $1.3 million after workforce members disclosed protected health information to unauthorized individuals — people who seemed
In December 2023, OCR issued its largest-ever HIPAA settlement — a $4.75 million penalty against Montefiore Medical Center after a workforce member stole protected health
In 2023, a Florida hospital system paid $1.3 million after a former employee accessed the protected health information of over 1,500 patients without
In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments related to healthcare fraud. Behind that staggering number is a
When OCR settled with a major health system in 2017 for $2.5 million after a breach involving an unencrypted laptop containing protected health information
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after an investigation revealed that no member of the workforce — including
When a dental practice in the Southeast received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same quarter, the owner told me something I hear
In February 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $480,000 after an investigation revealed that multiple workforce members had accessed patient records without
A mid-size hospital system in the Midwest allowed its entire billing department unrestricted access to complete patient medical records — including clinical notes, mental health histories,
In 2023, OCR settled a case with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital for $240,000 after 23 security guards were found snooping through patient medical records
In 2023, OCR reported that hacking and IT incidents accounted for 79% of all large healthcare data breaches — a staggering figure that would have been
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