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A $4.3 Million Fine Started with a Missing Definition In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost three unencrypted devices containing
The Penalty That Started With an Untrained Receptionist In 2018, Cottage Health paid $3 million to settle with HHS after a breach exposed over 62,
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
A hospital in Texas once faxed a patient's psychiatric records to the wrong physician's office — a solo practitioner across town who
A Law Born From Insurance Horror Stories In 1995, a single mother in Texas lost her health insurance after switching jobs — not because she couldn&
Most People Only Know Half the Story Ask ten healthcare workers what HIPAA is about, and nine of them will say "patient privacy."
A physician's office in Texas left a box of patient records next to a dumpster in 2019. Someone took a photo, posted it
A small dental practice in Georgia gets hit with a $70,000 penalty because a front-desk employee left a box of patient files on a
Most People Only Know Two of the Five Parts of HIPAA I was running a compliance workshop for a mid-size hospital system last year when
A Mother Waited 18 Months for Her Son's Medical Records. Then OCR Got Involved. In 2019, Cignet Health of Prince George's
That Binder Gathering Dust at Your Front Desk Could Cost You Six Figures I walked into a dermatology practice last spring and asked to see
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.
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