HIPAA Laws
HIPAA Laws: What Most Organizations Still Get Wrong
A hospital in Louisiana lost $480,000 because a single employee snooped through a patient's medical record out of curiosity. Not a hacker.
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HIPAA Training
HIPAA compliance training resources and best practices for healthcare professionals
HIPAA Certification Test
HIPAA Certification Test: What It Is and Why It Matters
I once watched a practice manager spend three hours searching for a "federally recognized HIPAA certification test" — convinced that HHS issued some kind
HIPAA Business Associate
HIPAA Business Associate Rules You Can't Afford to Ignore
In 2018, a medical billing company called Advanced Care Hospitalists paid $500,000 to settle with HHS after a business associate they'd hired
HIPAA Compliance
What HIPAA Compliant Means for Your Organization
A small dermatology practice in Connecticut thought they were HIPAA compliant because they had a privacy notice in the lobby and passwords on their computers.
Healthcare Fraud and Abuse
What Is Fraud and Abuse in Healthcare? A HIPAA Guide
A front-desk employee at a Florida clinic bills Medicare for physical therapy sessions that never happened. A physician upcodes patient visits — documenting complex evaluations when
HIPAA Compliance Definition
HIPAA Compliance Definition: What It Actually Means
A $4.3 Million Fine Started with a Missing Definition In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost three unencrypted devices containing
HIPAA Rules
What Are the 3 Rules of HIPAA? A Plain-English Guide
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
PPI HIPAA
PPI vs HIPAA: What Healthcare Workers Get Wrong
The Acronym Mix-Up That Can Cost Your Organization Millions Last year, I was leading a workforce training session at a mid-sized hospital system in Ohio
Business Associates
What Are Business Associates Under HIPAA?
A cloud storage vendor loses a laptop containing 20,000 patient records. The hospital that hired them gets the breach notification letter. The vendor insists
HIPAA Basics
HIPAA Is the Acronym Used For: What It Really Means
I once watched a hospital administrator spell it "HIPPA" on a slide deck in front of 200 employees. Nobody corrected her. That moment
HIPAA Certification
HIPAA Certification Online: What You Actually Get
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
HIPAA for Dental Offices
HIPAA for Dental Offices: What Most Practices Get Wrong
A front desk coordinator at a three-dentist practice in North Carolina handed a patient the wrong checkout summary. Attached to it was another patient'