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What Is Considered PHI Under HIPAA? A Field Guide
A hospital receptionist emails a patient's lab results to the wrong address. A dental office posts a before-and-after photo on Instagram — with the
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Is Phone Number PHI? What HIPAA Actually Says
A Single Phone Number Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office
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What's Considered PHI Under HIPAA: A Practical Guide
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an impermissible disclosure involving patient appointment data — information the practice didn't
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Which Is Not Considered an Identifier Under the Privacy Rule
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare analytics company for over $1.5 million after the organization shared datasets it believed were de-identified — but which
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HIPAA Identifier Rules: The 18 PHI Identifiers Explained
In 2023, a mid-sized health plan paid $1.3 million to settle with OCR after a breach investigation revealed that staff had been sharing spreadsheets
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HIPAA Identifiers PHI: The 18 Data Elements You Must Protect
In 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed that employee spreadsheets containing patient names, dates of birth,