HIPAA Rules
What Are the 3 Rules of HIPAA? A Plain-English Guide
A small dermatology practice in Connecticut thought they had HIPAA covered. They had a privacy notice on their website and a shredder in the back
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HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
PPI HIPAA
PPI vs HIPAA: What Healthcare Workers Get Wrong
The Acronym Mix-Up That Can Cost Your Organization Millions Last year, I was leading a workforce training session at a mid-sized hospital system in Ohio
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training: What Actually Works
A radiology technician at a hospital in New York forwarded a patient's imaging report to her personal Gmail account so she could "
Business Associates
What Are Business Associates Under HIPAA?
A cloud storage vendor loses a laptop containing 20,000 patient records. The hospital that hired them gets the breach notification letter. The vendor insists
HIPAA Basics
HIPAA Is the Acronym Used For: What It Really Means
I once watched a hospital administrator spell it "HIPPA" on a slide deck in front of 200 employees. Nobody corrected her. That moment
HIPAA Certification
HIPAA Certification Online: What You Actually Get
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
Fraud Waste and Abuse
Fraud Waste and Abuse: What HIPAA Teams Miss
A physician in Texas billed Medicare for over 5,000 hours of home health services in a single year. That's roughly 14 hours
ePHI
What Is ePHI? The Digital Data That Costs Millions
A Single Unencrypted Laptop Changed Everything In 2017, a stolen laptop cost Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity (ACE) a $1,040,000 settlement with
HIPAA Violation Lawyer
HIPAA Violation Lawyer: When Your Organization Needs One
Last year, I watched a three-physician practice in the Midwest spend eleven months fighting an OCR investigation — without a lawyer for the first four. By
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Class? The HIPAA Training You Actually Need
Every week, thousands of people type "hippa class" into Google. I know because I've watched the search data for years. Here&
HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA Privacy Rules Include PHI Such As These 18 Identifiers
A Single Spreadsheet Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2023, Premera Blue Cross agreed to a $6.85 million settlement with HHS after
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services: What Actually Works
A dermatology practice in New England paid a vendor $4,000 for a "comprehensive HIPAA risk assessment." What they got back was a