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A hospital billing clerk in Texas pulls up a patient's full medical record — psychiatric notes, HIV status, substance abuse history — just to verify
In 2023, a dermatology practice in Massachusetts paid $150,000 to the Office for Civil Rights after a patient's medical photographs were disclosed
A hospital in Texas released three years of a patient's psychotherapy notes to an employer — based on a form the patient had signed
The Provision That Built Modern Healthcare Compliance In 1996, a senator from Kansas and a senator from Massachusetts got a bill signed into law that
A hospital in Phoenix gets slapped with a $1.7 million penalty for failing to protect patient records. The year is 2023. But rewind two
A paralegal calls your office on a Tuesday afternoon. She says she's sending over a subpoena for a patient's medical records
The Part of HIPAA Nobody Talks About — Until It Costs Them In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to a $5.55 million settlement with
A patient in the waiting room overhears a nurse call out another patient's name. A fax containing lab results lands on a shared
The HR Director Who Shared Too Much Last year, an HR director at a mid-sized manufacturing company forwarded an employee's medical leave documentation
You're Searching for a "HIPPA Privacy Form" — Let's Fix That First Every week, thousands of people search for a
Most people in healthcare think HIPAA is a privacy law. It is — but that's only one piece. The full statute contains five distinct
The Statement That Trips Up Even Experienced Compliance Officers Here's a question I've watched rooms full of healthcare professionals get wrong:
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