HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
A radiology practice in Tennessee got hit with a $3 million penalty because they let a former employee keep access to a cloud server holding
In February 2023, Banner Health paid $1.25 million to settle allegations that it failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk analysis — a core requirement of
Last year, a compliance officer at a mid-size hospital system in Texas told me she'd spent $14,000 on a vendor's
A hospital receptionist in Texas forwarded a patient's lab results to the wrong email address. It took fourteen seconds. The breach affected one
A receptionist at a pediatric clinic prints a patient's immunization record and accidentally leaves it on the front counter for forty-five minutes. A
A physician's office in Connecticut handed every new patient a single sheet of paper labeled "HIPAA Form" at the front desk.
A Law Signed in 1996 That Didn't Really Bite Until Years Later Here's a question I get surprisingly often from compliance
One Shared Password Cost This Hospital $2.14 Million In 2018, a hospital employee used a colleague's login to access patient records for
A receptionist at a small cardiology practice in Arizona looked up her ex-husband's medical records one afternoon. She didn't share them.
A Therapist's Worst Nightmare Starts with a Fax Machine A licensed counselor in a mid-sized practice hit "send" on a fax
A hospital in Texas faxed 277 patient records to the wrong physician's office. No authorization on file. No tracking log. No documentation that
It's HIPAA, Not HIPPA — and It's Older Than You Think I get this question more than almost any other: when was
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