PHI Breach Reporting
When Must PHI-Related Breaches Be Reported? Deadlines
A Hospital Waited 101 Days. It Cost Them $4.8 Million. In 2019, Presence Health agreed to a $475,000 settlement with the Office for
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OCR Enforcement
Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
HIPAA Certification
HIPAA Certification: Why "Free" Isn't What You Think
That Google Search Could Cost You More Than You Saved I watched a 14-person cardiology practice in Texas get hit with a $160,000 settlement
HIPAA Authorization
What Is a HIPAA Authorization? A Practical Guide
The Form That Stops Lawsuits — or Starts Them A surgeon's office in Texas faxed a patient's psychiatric records to an employer.
HIPAA Compliance Certificate
HIPAA Compliance Certificate: What It Really Means
Last year, I watched a small behavioral health clinic in Ohio hand OCR investigators a framed HIPAA compliance certificate during an audit — as if it
HIPAA Telehealth
HIPAA Compliance Requirements for Telehealth in 2026
The Zoom Call That Cost a Psychiatrist Everything A solo psychiatrist in New England conducted therapy sessions over a consumer-grade video app for two years.
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices: What You Must Get Right
That Binder Gathering Dust at Your Front Desk Could Cost You Six Figures I walked into a dermatology practice last spring and asked to see
HIPAA Refresher Training
HIPAA Refresher Training: Why Annual Reviews Save Millions
A hospital in New York paid $4.8 million to settle HIPAA violations after a former employee — who had been terminated — still had active access
How to Protect PHI
How to Protect PHI: A Field Guide from the Frontlines
A Stolen Laptop, a $3 Million Fine, and a Lesson in How NOT to Protect PHI In 2016, the University of Mississippi Medical Center paid
HIPAA Rules and Regulations
HIPAA Rules and Regulations: What Actually Matters
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.
HIPAA Training
HIPAA Training for New Employees: What to Cover First
Day One Is Where Most Breaches Start Last year, I worked with a pediatric clinic in Ohio that had been running for eleven years without
HIIPA Meaning
HIIPA Meaning: What People Really Search For
Every week, thousands of people type "hiipa meaning" into Google. I know because I watch the search data. Here's what'
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement: What You Must Get Right
A medical billing company in Tennessee exposed the records of 300,000 patients — and the hospital that hired them paid the price. Not because the