HIPAA regulations, compliance requirements, and violation prevention
Every month, patients contact OCR after discovering a hospital shared their medical records without authorization, a business associate lost a laptop containing thousands of patient
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for $1.3 million after investigators discovered that workforce members had never received adequate HIPAA training — despite
In 2023, a mid-sized hospital system paid $1.3 million to settle with OCR after a series of incidents that all traced back to the
In 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received over 32,000 complaints alleging HIPAA violations — and resolved the vast majority through investigation, corrective action,
In 2023, a small dental practice in North Carolina paid $50,000 to settle a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights after a former
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed systemic failures across multiple
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed patient names, treatment records, and Social
In 2023, OCR settled with a solo dental practice in New England for $30,000—not because of a massive data breach, but because the
In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments related to healthcare fraud. Behind nearly every one of those
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after investigators found that the organization had no documented workforce training
In 2024, OCR settled a case with a healthcare provider that had been storing patient records in a cloud-based email platform — without a signed Business
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $50,000 after determining that the organization had disclosed protected health information using an authorization form
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