Content about HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements and training.
A small dermatology practice in Massachusetts lost an unencrypted thumb drive in 2019. It contained the ePHI of 2,200 patients. When HHS investigated, they
A Question That Costs Organizations Millions Every Year I got a call last year from a medical billing company owner who was convinced HIPAA didn&
A hospital in Texas released ten years of a patient's psychiatric records to an employer — all because a front-desk employee accepted an authorization
A patient walks into your front office and asks for a list of everyone you've shared their medical records with over the past
A hospital compliance officer once told me she spent three months building an elaborate minimum necessary policy — role-based access matrices, tiered authorization levels, the works.
A Single Provision That Changed American Healthcare Forever In 1996, a bill signed into law quietly rewired how every hospital, insurer, and physician practice in
August 21, 1996 — The Day Most People Get Wrong Ask a room full of compliance officers about the HIPAA start date, and you'll
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
A therapist in private practice once told me she didn't think HIPAA applied to her because she wasn't a hospital. A
A Lab Director's $100,000 Mistake Over a Spreadsheet Column A lab director at a mid-size hospital once told me she'd
A woman in California walked into her new dermatologist's office and discovered something unsettling. Her previous provider — a physician she'd left
The Conversation a Patient Overheard in Your Waiting Room A patient sits in your waiting room. She hears the receptionist confirm an appointment for another
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