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
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HIPAA Training
HIPAA compliance training resources and best practices for healthcare professionals
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'
HIPAA Training
OSHA and HIPAA Training for Dental Offices Online
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
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Class? The HIPAA Training You Actually Need
Every week, thousands of people type "hippa class" into Google. I know because I've watched the search data for years. Here&
HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA Privacy Rules Include PHI Such As These 18 Identifiers
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
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training: What You Must Know
A hospital in Texas fired a records clerk in 2023 after she accessed the medical files of 14 patients she had no clinical reason to
HIPAA Administrative Safeguards
How Many Administrative Areas Apply to HIPAA Regulations?
A single missing risk assessment cost Premera Blue Cross $6.85 million in 2020. Not a breach of millions of records — though that happened too.
HIPAA Telehealth
HIPAA Telehealth Guidance: What HHS OCR Expects in 2026
The Enforcement Hammer Dropped — and Telehealth Was in the Crosshairs In March 2023, HHS OCR announced that the telehealth enforcement discretion period — the pandemic-era flexibility
HIPAA Certified
HIPAA Certified: What It Really Means in 2026
Last month, a clinic administrator told me she'd hired a new medical assistant who was "HIPAA certified." She said it with