A collection of 14 posts
A solo chiropractor in New England assumed HIPAA didn't apply to her practice. She had fewer than ten employees, no electronic health records
A hospital employee in Texas looks up her ex-husband's medical records after a bitter custody dispute. A small clinic in Georgia stores patient
In 2018, a Texas cancer center paid $4.3 million to HHS after two unencrypted devices containing ePHI went missing. The root cause wasn'
In August 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a law that most people in healthcare couldn't even pronounce correctly. Thirty years later, that same
A small dermatology practice in Connecticut thought they had HIPAA covered. They had a privacy notice on their website and a shredder in the back
A Single Fax Machine Cost This Hospital $4.8 Million In 2019, a fax at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital sent a patient's PHI to the
In 2023, OCR settled with Doctors' Management Services for $100,000 after a ransomware attack exposed the protected health information of over 206,000
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after investigators discovered the organization had no written security policies, no risk analysis, and
In February 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $1.25 million after investigators found failures spanning all three HIPAA rules — inadequate safeguards for
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed failures across multiple HIPAA
In February 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $30,000 after investigators found the organization had no written HIPAA policies,
In 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed critical failures across multiple HIPAA
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