HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
A few years ago, I got a call from the CEO of a mid-sized billing company. His team had been processing claims for a hospital
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call Buried in an EHR Audit Log In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its years-long
A Single Complaint to the Wrong Agency Can Cost You Months I got a call last year from a clinic administrator who had filed a
In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a $4.3 million appeal after OCR found that unencrypted laptops and thumb drives
The Phone Call That Exposed a $1.7 Million Blind Spot A hospital safety officer called me three years ago, panicking. OSHA had requested employee
A $5.1 Million Penalty That Started with a Simple Question In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System in Florida agreed to pay $5.1 million to
A hospital employee in Texas looks up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. A dental office in Georgia tosses paper charts into
A Mother Couldn't Get Her Own Son's Medical Records — Then the Feds Got Involved In 2019, a small medical practice in
A scheduling coordinator at a mid-size orthopedic practice pulled a patient's full medical record — psychiatric notes, HIV status, substance abuse history — just to
A Psychiatrist Hit "Start Meeting" and Everything Went Wrong A behavioral health provider in the Midwest was using Zoom for patient sessions throughout
A front desk receptionist at a dermatology clinic in Phoenix once told a patient's employer — over the phone — that the patient had been
The CEO Who Learned HIPAA the Hard Way In 2018, the owner of a small health plan called Filefax agreed to pay $100,000 to
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