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During a 2023 OCR investigation, a mid-sized cardiology practice received a $1.5 million penalty — not because of a sophisticated cyberattack, but because staff routinely
Every year, OCR investigations reveal the same pattern: organizations that misidentify what HIPAA actually requires end up with the most damaging audit findings. One of
When OCR levies a multimillion-dollar penalty against a covered entity for failing to conduct a risk analysis, the enforcement action traces its authority back to
When OCR settled with Anthem Inc. for $16 million in 2018 — the largest HIPAA settlement in history at that time — the enforcement action didn'
In June 2023, OCR settled with a dental management company for $350,000 after discovering it had allowed a business associate to access protected health
In September 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.3 million after investigators found the organization had allowed a vendor to access protected
In June 2023, OCR settled with a business associate — a medical records management company — for $75,000 after a breach exposed the protected health information
In 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,000 after an investigation revealed it had allowed a business associate to access
In 2023, OCR settled with a covered entity for $1.3 million after investigators discovered that workforce members had never received adequate HIPAA training — despite
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for over $100,000 after an investigation revealed that staff routinely sent unencrypted emails containing protected health
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed that a former employee had accessed over 2,700
In February 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals exposed systemic failures across multiple
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