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In January 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule that fundamentally reshaped HIPAA enforcement — and many healthcare organizations are still
In February 2024, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after a phishing attack exposed the protected health information of over 34,
In 2022, a specialty clinic in the Midwest disclosed an entire patient record — surgical history, psychiatric notes, billing details — to an employer conducting a routine
In 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.3 million after investigators found systemic failures in safeguarding patient records — failures that traced back
In 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.25 million after discovering that the organization had allowed a vendor to access protected health
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affected nearly 3 million patients — the result of insufficient access
In February 2011, a major health system paid $4.3 million to settle with the Office for Civil Rights after stolen laptops exposed the electronic
In 2024, Kaiser Permanente disclosed that a tracking technology breach potentially exposed the protected health information of 13.4 million individuals — one of the largest
In 2022, a small dental practice in the Southeast received a corrective action letter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) after a patient complaint
In January 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services published a rule that fundamentally restructured HIPAA enforcement — and many healthcare organizations are still catching
In 2023, a dental practice in New England received a $50,000 OCR settlement after a workforce member posted a patient's before-and-after photos
In 2023, a dental practice in New England paid a $50,000 settlement to the Office for Civil Rights after a workforce member posted a
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