HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call in a Hospital Basement In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
In February 2011, Cignet Health of Prince George's County, Maryland received a $4.3 million penalty from the Office for Civil Rights — the
A managed IT company in Tennessee gets hit with a $2.3 million settlement from HHS because a hospital never signed a business associate agreement
A hospital in Phoenix gets slapped with a $1.7 million penalty for failing to protect patient records. The year is 2023. But rewind two
A single misconfigured EHR user account cost Anthem, Inc. $16 million in 2018 — still the largest HIPAA settlement in history. The breach exposed nearly 79
A few years ago, I got a call from the owner of a small billing company in Ohio. She was convinced HIPAA didn't
In January 2013, HHS dropped the largest single regulatory update in HIPAA's history — and most organizations still haven't fully absorbed what
A hospital executive stared at a $4.3 million settlement notice and realized the breach could have been prevented with a single encrypted laptop. That&
In February 2023, Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million to the Office for Civil Rights after a breach exposed the electronic protected health
A woman walked into a dermatology clinic in Phoenix, checked in at the front desk, and was handed a clipboard with a single sheet of
A $4.3 Million Fine Started with a Training Gap In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its final appeal on
I was reviewing a compliance plan for a mid-size cardiology practice last year when I spotted something that stopped me cold. Their entire policy manual
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