HIPAA compliance training resources and best practices for healthcare professionals
Here's something that surprises most people in healthcare: HHS does not issue or endorse any official certification for HIPAA. There's no
Last year I got a call from the owner of a medical billing company in Ohio. She'd just received a letter from the
The Part of HIPAA Nobody Reads — Until It Costs Them In 1996, Congress passed HIPAA with a goal most people have forgotten. It wasn'
A pediatric clinic in Idaho had a binder on the shelf labeled "HIPAA Compliance Plan." It was printed in 2017, never updated, and
A hospital administrator once told me she thought there were only three reasons you could share patient data: treatment, payment, and "when the lawyers
A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $1.5 Million Mistake I once worked with a specialty clinic where a front-desk employee faxed a patient&
In 2018, a medical records company called Advanced Care Hospitalists paid $500,000 to settle HIPAA violations after a billing services contractor gained access to
A compliance officer at a midsize cardiology practice once told me she'd spent $4,200 on a "HIPAA security certification" for
A medical practice in New York thought they'd saved money by pulling together a makeshift HIPAA training for employees from scattered online resources
Last year, a small orthopedic clinic in Virginia got a letter from HHS. Not the good kind. An investigation revealed they'd been using
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 nurse at a large hospital system picks up the phone and reads a patient's HIV status to the wrong family member. No
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