HIPAA compliance training resources and best practices for healthcare professionals
In 2016, OCR settled with North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota for $1.55 million after determining that a business associate had provided PHI access
When a major Texas health system paid $1.6 million in state penalties for unauthorized disclosures of protected health information, it wasn't a
If you've encountered the question "the enforcement rule applies to covered entities only — true or false" on a compliance quiz, you
In 2023, OCR investigated a mid-size hospital that suffered a breach traceable to a volunteer who accessed patient records without authorization. The hospital argued the
In 2023, OCR settled with a major health plan for $1.3 million after an investigation revealed the plan had used enrollee protected health information
In 2023, OCR settled with Banner Health for $1.25 million after a breach affecting nearly 3 million individuals revealed failures across multiple HIPAA requirements
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after it failed to provide a patient with a copy of
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 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after an investigation revealed that front-desk staff had been disclosing patient
In 2024, OCR settled a HIPAA enforcement case with Montefiore Medical Center for $4.75 million after a workforce member stole protected health information on
A hospital's HR department shared an employee's sick leave records with a manager, and the employee filed a complaint with the
In February 2011, Massachusetts General Hospital paid $1 million to settle HIPAA violations involving the loss of protected health information for 192 patients. What made
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