HIPAA compliance training resources and best practices for healthcare professionals
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.
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
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
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
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
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
I once watched a hospital administrator spell it "HIPPA" on a slide deck in front of 200 employees. Nobody corrected her. That moment
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
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'
Two Inspectors, One Waiting Room, Zero Excuses A dentist I worked with in Arizona got hit twice in the same quarter — an OCR audit letter
Every week, thousands of people type "hippa class" into Google. I know because I've watched the search data for years. Here&
A Single Spreadsheet Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2023, Premera Blue Cross agreed to a $6.85 million settlement with HHS after
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