Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
A managed IT company in Tennessee gets hit with a $2.3 million settlement from HHS because a hospital never signed a business associate agreement
A single misconfigured EHR user account cost Anthem, Inc. $16 million in 2018 — still the largest HIPAA settlement in history. The breach exposed nearly 79
A few years ago, I got a call from the owner of a small billing company in Ohio. She was convinced HIPAA didn't
In February 2023, Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million to the Office for Civil Rights after a breach exposed the electronic protected health
A woman walked into a dermatology clinic in Phoenix, checked in at the front desk, and was handed a clipboard with a single sheet of
A $4.3 Million Fine Started with a Training Gap In 2023, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its final appeal on
A Spreadsheet, a Social Security Number, and a $1.5 Million Settlement In 2018, Anthem Inc. paid $16 million to the Office for Civil Rights
The $4.3 Million Mistake That Started With a Vendor Contract In 2016, Advocate Medical Group paid $5.55 million to settle HIPAA violations — and
A nurse I worked with in 2019 had been in healthcare for 22 years. She documented patient vitals, coordinated referrals, handled insurance pre-authorizations. One day
The Clinic That Had 47 Policies and Zero Compliance Last year I walked into a mid-sized orthopedic practice that proudly handed me a three-ring binder.
A small dental practice in Indiana received a $12,000 penalty from the Office for Civil Rights in 2019. The owner told investigators he didn&
A Missing Signature Cost One Hospital $865,000 In 2019, a patient at a mid-size medical center in the Southeast requested her records be sent
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