PHI PII Data
PHI PII Data: What Healthcare Workers Must Know
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.
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HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
US Sunshine Act
US Sunshine Act: What HIPAA Pros Must Know in 2026
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
HIPAA Start Date
HIPAA Start Date: Key Dates Every Covered Entity Must Know
August 21, 1996 — The Day Most People Get Wrong Ask a room full of compliance officers about the HIPAA start date, and you'll
HIPAA Certified Cloud
HIPAA Certified Cloud: What That Label Really Means
There's No Such Thing as a HIPAA Certified Cloud — And That's the Problem Last year, a health tech startup told me
HIPAA Importance
HIPAA Importance: Why It Matters More in 2026
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
HIPAA Breach Notification
HIPAA Breach Notification: What Your 60-Day Clock Really Means
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
HIPAA Document Retention
HIPAA Document Retention Requirements Explained
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
HIPAA Basics
HIPAA Is the Acronym For: What It Means in 2026
It's the Most Misspelled Acronym in Healthcare — And Most People Get the Meaning Wrong Too I once sat in a compliance meeting where
HIPAA Compliance
What Information Can Be Shared Without Violating HIPAA
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
ePHI
Which of the Following Is Not Electronic PHI?
I was reviewing a dental practice's risk analysis last year when the office manager pointed at a paper chart and asked, "This
HIPAA Rules
3 Rules of HIPAA: What Every Covered Entity Must Know
In 2018, a Texas cancer center paid $4.3 million to HHS after two unencrypted devices containing ePHI went missing. The root cause wasn'
HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA Privacy Rule Applies to Which of the Following?
A therapist in private practice once told me she didn't think HIPAA applied to her because she wasn't a hospital. A