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In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice in Georgia for $62,500 — not because of a data breach, but because the practice failed to
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed patient health information PHI to a
In 2023, a mid-sized hospital system paid $1.3 million to settle with OCR after a researcher published a dataset they believed was "anonymized&
In 2023, OCR settled with a health system that had been using an outdated authorization form for nearly four years — one that failed to include
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after it disclosed patient records to a third-party marketing firm without
In 2022, a dental practice in New England received a corrective action from OCR after an employee discussed a patient's treatment plan loudly
A compliance officer at a mid-size clinic recently told me her staff believed that PHI must be protected in all forms except verbal conversations — that
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after investigators found the organization had addressed its Privacy Rule obligations but had done
In 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after the organization failed to provide a patient timely access to their
In 2023, OCR investigated a research institution that published a dataset it believed was fully de-identified — only to discover that zip codes and dates of
A mid-size behavioral health practice in the Southeast received a subpoena demanding the complete treatment records of a current patient involved in a custody dispute.
If you've encountered the question "the blank describes how PHI may be used" in a HIPAA training module or certification exam,
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